Power And Conflict Poetry Flashcards
(17 cards)
What could the title tissue mean
Thin paper
Skin
Group of cells
Symbolise society
“Paper that lets the light shine through”
Suggests transparency and fragility
Could be a metaphor with light as god
“Could alter things”
Shows the power that something as simple as tissue has to improve life
“Paper thinned by aging and touching”
Suggests the fragility and impermanence of power
“Map”
Symbolic of man made division and ownership
Contrasts with the natural world
Borders are only on paper
“Building were paper”
Paper is flimsy
Human power and control is fleeting
“What was paid for by credit card might fly our lives like paper kites”
Playfulness and childish language contrasts with serious nature
Debt holds power over people and pulls them down like debt (can’t escape poverty)
Rich are holding the string we have no control over
“Let the daylight break through capitals and monoliths”
Ending capitalism and inequality
Humans will never have full control
Natural world has power
Who wrote tissue
Dharker
Who write ozymandias
Shelley
What structure is ozymandias
A sonnet and framed narrative
What does the breakdown of the sonnet structure symbolise
The slow destruction of the statue (and power) and how everything returns to normal
“Cold command”
Tyrannical and uncaring ruler
Feels contempt for subjects
“King of kings”
Boastful claim
Ironic as statue is now destroyed
Biblical reference-Jesus and king of Babylon (who’s fall was prophecised in the bible kingdom still there but in ruins)
“The hand that mocked them”
Unclear who’s hand
Sculptor-mocking Ozymandias
Ozymandias-mocking his people
“Nothing beside remains”
Simple sentence that emphasises the destruction on a ground level
“Half sunk”
The statue is buried in sand
Legacy is disappearing
Nothing lasts
Natural will always have more power
