Quotations Flashcards
(14 cards)
“Instead of the cross, the albatross about my neck was hung.”
It could reflect the sailor’s belief that the albatross was a gift from God. This is reinforced through the biblical allusion to a cross which is a reference of Jesus’ crucifixion.
When the mariner describes the ship by comparing it to a “painted ship” on a “painted ocean” it shows that…
the mariner is stuck in time and place. More specifically, the mariner being stuck could perhaps symbolic of the fact that he has not yet began his journey of redemption, it’s only when he appreciates nature that his metaphorical and physical journey begins.
Coleridge uses the repetition of “loveth” in the resolution to…
teach the reader to love and respect all things. More specifically, romantic poets like Coleridge believe that you should love and respect all things because everyone and everything was created by God. Coleridge believes that God is within and around us at all times.
Hardy uses the semantic field of luxury in order to criticise our focus on symbols of wealth. “worthless” juxtaposes “jewels” that are now “bleated and black and blind”
Furthermore, the shop could be symbolic of man’s arrogance and hubris. The ship is personified as a “smart ship” this criticises the idea that the ship is unsinkable and that people are able to control their fate.
In the resolution of the poem, Hardy juxtaposes the “smart ship” this is seen as…
man’s hubris.
The relentless “stature, grace and hue” of the…
iceberg, this is fate. This is to show us how the two are connected.
The titanic being personified as a “smart ship” could be used to highlight…
arrogance of human beings relying on a man-made creation.
When the fish question, “what does this vaingloriousness down here?” It could be used to symbolise…
the purity of nature and how pure nature is when the fish have no care towards jewels and wealth.
Throughout the poem, Owen uses caesura to pause at particular moments. For example, when he describes the “encumbered” sleepers that are “distressed” this forces us to…
pause and reflect the distress of the people sleeping. This might be used to reflect the negative outcome of war.
On one hand, the resolution of ‘The Strange Meeting’ reveals how the quotation, “let us sleep now” shows…
hopelessness as he has to accept the futility of war.
On the other hand, the resolution reveals how “hell” is…
existing even when you escape war, there is no end to suffering. Hell is a place of punishment and torture even when you escape war you experience psychological torment.
“I am the enemy you killed, my friend.”
Shows that war is hopeless as there is no personal issue. They are forced to be enemies because of war. Soldiers realise their enemies experience the same fate, death.
Owen uses caesura to draw attention to the reality of war when the speaker says, “this pity of war, the pity of war distilled.” more specifically,…
Owen makes the reader pause near the word “pity” to reinforce how futile and shameful war is, which is a direct contrast to war propaganda and the idea that war is an irreversible sacrifice.
Owen uses the semantic field of violence though the repetition of the words “blood” and “bloody” more specifically,…
Blood stains a piece of clothing reinforcing the fact that stained blood portrays the traumatic consequences of war, that soldiers would have had to experience.
