power and conflict - remains Flashcards
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Power and Conflict Anthology
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Summary
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Key quotes
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Key techniques
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Poetic form
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Poet’s intentions
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Links to context
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Links to other poems
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Ozymandias
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tells of a traveler who recounts finding a ruined statue of the ancient king Ozymandias (Ramses II) in the desert, with a boastful inscription ironically contrasting the statue’s decay and the king’s former power
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I met a traveller from an antique land,
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Vast and trunkless legs of stone,
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metaphor, alliteration, enjambment, and irony
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iambic pentameter
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the transience of power and the futility of human ambition
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explores the themes of power, nature, and the transience of human ambition
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“London” by William Blake
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“Kamikaze” by Beatrice Garland
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London
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the speaker wanders through the city, witnessing widespread suffering, poverty, and injustice, criticizing the establishment, and highlighting the plight of marginalized groups like chimney sweeps, soldiers, and prostitutes
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I wander through each chartered street,
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“The mind-forged manacles I hear”
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repetition to emphasize suffering, metaphor to depict oppression, and a rigid structure (iambic tetrameter and ABAB rhyme scheme) to mirror the relentless nature of the city’s problems.
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four quatrains with an ABAB rhyme scheme, written in iambic tetrameter
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to expose the social injustice and misery of 18th-century London
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the Industrial Revolution, social inequality, and Blake's Romantic perspective
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“Checking out me History” by John Agard
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“Ozymandias” by Percy Shelley
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Prelude
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Wordsworth's attempt to explore and understand how his poetry and perception of the world around him has been influenced by the events throughout his life.
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"But to be young was very heaven"
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"I cannot miss my way"
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personification, caesura, and enjambment
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Epic poem or blank verse
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society is disappointing, but nature presents the solutions to the problems caused by society
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the power of nature, the transformative effect of solitude, and the relationship between the individual and the natural world
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"Ozymandias," by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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"Exposure," by Wilfred Owen
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"Storm on the Island". By Seamus Heaney.
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My Last Duchess
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the Duke of Ferrara, while showing a visitor a portrait of his deceased wife, reveals his controlling and possessive nature, hinting that he had her killed because she was "too easily impressed" and "liked whate'er she looked on
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That's my last Duchess painted on the wall,
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"She had a heart—how shall I say?—too soon made me glad".
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a dramatic monologue, iambic pentameter, rhyming couplets, enjambment, and dramatic irony
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iambic pentameter
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expose the Duke of Ferrara's possessive nature and his belief in his own power,
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the Duke's monologue revealing his possessive and potentially murderous nature.
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"Ozymandias" by Percy Shelley and "London" by William Blake
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
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commemorating the British cavalry's disastrous charge at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War, where a miscommunication led to a fatal attack against heavily defended Russian artillery
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"Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die,"
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Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of hell,
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alliteration, a strong rhyme and rhythm, as well as personification and onomatopoeia
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a ballad - a narrative poem, often with a simple, story-telling structure, traditionally set to music and featuring a regular rhythm and rhyme scheme.
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to celebrate the heroism and sacrifice of the soldiers
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Conflict, Courage, Death and
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"Bayonet Charge" by Ted Hughes
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Exposure
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vividly portrays the brutal reality of trench warfare in World War I, focusing on the soldiers' suffering from the harsh weather and the monotony of waiting for death, rather than the actual fighting
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But nothing happens,
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All their eyes are ice
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personification of nature, sibilance, alliteration, and assonance
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eight five-line stanzas with an ABBAC rhyme scheme and a short, indented final line in each stanza, often ending with the refrain "But nothing happens,"
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expose the brutal, monotonous, and futile reality of trench warfare
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World War I
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"The Charge of the Light Brigade" and "Remains”
Storm on the Island
depicts a community on a remote island bracing for a powerful storm, exploring themes of nature's power, human vulnerability, and the struggle against the elements.
"We are prepared: we build our houses squat,"
"The very windows, spits like a tame cat / Turned savage,"
personification, alliteration, imagery, and the use of military vocabulary
dramatic monologue
the natural world is more powerful than humans
political and social context of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
"The Prelude" by William Wordsworth and "Exposure," by Wilfred Owen's
Bayonet Charge
vividly portrays the chaotic and terrifying reality of a soldier's experience during a World War I battle, focusing on the intense fear, confusion, and adrenaline of charging towards the enemy with a bayonet
"Suddenly he awoke and was running"
"Bullets smacking the belly out of the air"
the use of enjambment to create a sense of urgency and chaos, similes to highlight the soldier's disorientation and the brutality of war, and alliteration to emphasize the soldier's heavy breathing and the harsh sounds of battle
free verse
expose the brutal reality and dehumanizing effects of war, challenging traditional patriotic ideals and highlighting the futility of conflict by portraying a soldier's experience in a chaotic, terrifying, and disorienting way
explores the brutal reality and futility of war, particularly World War I
"The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"Exposure" by Wilfred Owen
Remains
a soldier who is haunted by his involvement in a shooting of a bank looter
"his bloody life in my bloody hands,"
"And the drink and the drugs won't flush him out,"
enjambment and caesura
free verse
to explore the reality of war and its lasting impact on those involved
the lasting trauma and psychological effects of war, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
"Exposure" by Wilfred Owen, "Poppies" by Jane Weir, and "War Photographer" by Carol Ann Duffy
Poppies
a dramatic monologue told from a mother's perspective, exploring her grief and memories as she reflects on her son's departure for war, implying his death, and the lasting impact of conflict on families
"I pinned one onto your lapel,"
"the world overflowing like a treasure chest,"
the use of sensory imagery, metaphors and similes, a first-person dramatic monologue, free verse, and contrasting imagery
free-verse, first-person dramatic monologue
explore the profound emotional impact of war on families, particularly the anxieties and grief experienced by parents as they send their children to fight, focusing on the personal and emotional consequences of conflict rather than the battlefield itself
The poem's context is rooted in the 2000s conflicts, the tradition of Remembrance Sunday, and the poet's personal experiences as a mother
"Remains" by Simon Armitage
"War Photographer" by Carol Ann Duffy
War Photographer
depicts the solitary experience of a photographer at home in England developing photographs taken in conflicts around the world
"a hundred agonies in black and white,"
"all flesh is grass,"
religious imagery, simile, alliteration, and a regular, contrasting structure
four regular six-line stanzas, with each stanza ending in a rhyming couplet
to explore the psychological impact of war on a war photographer and the public's desensitization to war images
explores the experiences and emotional toll on war photographers
"Poppies" by Jane Weir, "Remains" by Simon Armitage
"Kamikaze" by Beatrice Garland
Tissue
uses paper as an extended metaphor for life, exploring its power and fragility, and suggesting that human civilization, like paper, is ultimately transient.
"turned into your skin,"
"paper that lets the light shine through,"
the use of extended metaphor (paper as a symbol for human life and power), free verse structure, enjambment, and evocative imagery
free verse form with irregular quatrains, lacking a strict rhyme scheme or rhythm, and employs enjambment to create a flowing, delicate, and somewhat irregular feel
explore the fragility of human life and the power of records and memories
connects to the themes of human life, power, and the transient nature of human endeavors
"Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Emigree
somebody who had to leave their country as a child to be safe
"I left it as a child"
"It may be at war, it may be sick with tyrants"
the use of extended metaphor, light imagery, and free verse
free verse, meaning it lacks a regular rhyme scheme or rhythm.
to be relevant to as many people who have left their homelands as possible.
the power of memory, the conflict between memory and time, the conflict between memory and reality and the conflict between childhood and adulthood.
"Kamikaze" by Beatrice Garland, "Poppies" by Jane Weir, and "Checking Out Me History" by Benjamin Zephaniah
Checking Out Me History
The speaker is recounting all of the historical figures he was taught as a child, he then lists all of the figures from black history who were not mentioned. He resolves to discover more about his own heritage.
"Dem tell me... what dem want to tell me,"
"Bandage up me eye with me own history,"
repetition, colloquial language, and a dual structure
free verse
to expose the erasure of Black history and identity within colonial education systems and to advocate for the reclaiming of one's own heritage and identity
uses a personal, almost rebellious tone to challenge the Eurocentric history curriculum Agard received in school, highlighting the importance of Black history and identity
"The Émigrée" by Carol Rumens,
Kamikaze
tells the story of a Japanese kamikaze pilot who, instead of completing his suicide mission, returns home and faces rejection and ostracization from his family and community.
"A narrow silver wedge through the clear blue air"
"He had never returned, that this"
vivid sensory imagery (like "green-blue translucent sea"), narrative shifts (from a third-person narrator to the daughter's first-person perspective), and symbolism (like the "huge flag" and "little fishing boats")
free verse
societal expectations of honor and patriotism, and the individual's desire for life and family
World War II and the Japanese kamikaze pilots
"Poppies," by jane weir
"Remains," by simon armitage
"The Émigrée” by carol rumens
