Power And Conflict Poetry Flashcards

(44 cards)

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Ozymandias

The lone and…

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“The lone and level sands stretch far away”

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My Last Duchess

That’s my last…

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“That’s my last duchess painted on the wall”

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The Prelude

One summer…

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“One summer evening (led by her)”

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Storm on the Island

Spits like…

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“Spits like a tame cat turned savage”

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Bayonet Charge

Suddenly he…

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“Suddenly he awoke and was running”

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London

Every black’ning…

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“Every black’ning church appals”

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My Last Duchess

Sir Twas not her…

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“Sir Twas not her husbands presence only, called that spot of joy”

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

Into the valley of…

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“Into the valley of death

Rode the six hundred”

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Exposure

Attacks once more in…

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“Attacks once more in ranks in shivering ranks of grey”

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My Last Duchess

Together down, sir. …

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“Together down, sir. Notice Neptune though”

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London

I wonder through…

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“I wonder through each chartered street”

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

They that had…

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“They that had fought so well”

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The Prelude

The horizons bound…

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“The horizons bound, a huge peak, black and huge”

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Bayonet Charge

In what cold…

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“In what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations”

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The Prelude

She was an…

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“She was an elfin pinnace”

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Ozymandias

Half sunk…

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“Half sunk a shattered visage lies”

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

When can their…

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“When can their glory fade?

O the wild charge they made!”

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Exposure

Sudden…

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“Sudden successive flight of bullets streak the silence”

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Ozymandias

Two vast…

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“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone”

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Storm on the Island

Exploding comf…

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“Exploding comfortably down on the cliffs”

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Poppies

Sellotape bandaged…

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“Sellotape bandaged around my hand I rounded up as many cat hairs as I could”

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Checking out me History

Dem tell me bout 10…

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“Dem tell me bout 1066 and all dat”

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Remains

Well myself and…

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“Well myself and somebody else and somebody else”

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Bayonet Charge

King hono…

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“King honour, human dignity, etcetera”

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The Emigrée It may be...
“It may be at war”
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Checking out me History Dem tell me...
“Dem tell me Dem tell me Wha dem want to tell me”
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Storm on the Island We are prepared: ...
“We are prepared : we build our houses squat”
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Remains I see every...
“I see every round as it rips through his life. I see broad daylight on the other side”
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Exposure Our brains ache in the...
“Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive”
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Kamikaze Her father embarked at...
“Her father embarked at sunrise with a flask of water, a samurai sword”
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Poppies All my words...
“All my words | Flattened, rolled, turned into felt”
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London How the youthful...
“How the youthful harlots curse blasts the new born infants tear”
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Kamikaze Till gradually we too learned to...
“Till gradually we too learned to be silent, to live as though we had never returned”
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War Photographer Spools of...
“Spoils of suffering set out in ordered rows”
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Tissue Paper th...
“Paper thinned by age or touching”
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Remains His blood sh...
“His blood shadow stays on the street”
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War Photographer From which his ed...
“From which his editor will pick out five or six for Sunday’s supplement”
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Tissue Paper that lets the...
“Paper that lets the light shine through, this is what could alter things”
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Poppies On reaching the top...
“On teaching the top of the hill | I traced the inscriptions on the war memorial”
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War Photographer A hundred ag...
“A hundred agonies in black and white”
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The Emigrée There was once a cou...
“There was once a country... I left it as a child”
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The Emigrée The worst news of it...
“The worst news of it cannot break my original view, the bright, filled paperweight”
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Checking out me History But now I checking out me...
“But now I checking out me history I carving out me identity”
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Kamikaze The dark shoals of fishes flashing...
“The dark shoals of fishes flashing silver as their bellies”