The Rest Of The Poem Flashcards
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Tissue narrative
This poem explores the theme of humanity through its contemplation of human stories and the interconnectedness of our lives
Tissue context
Human Power and Fragility. “Tissue” is about human power and fragility. The “Tissue” referred to in the title is, at the beginning at least, a reference to paper
Tissue structure
Tissue is a group of cells that have similar structure and that function together as a unit, using lots metaphores
Tissue form
There are 4 basic types of tissue: connective tissue, epithelial tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue
Tissue language techniques
Tissue is mainly constructed in unrhymed, irregular quatrains close quatrainA stanza in poetry consisting of a group of four lines
Exposure context
Exposure is about what life was like in the trenches during the First World War. By describing the terrible natural conditions under which the soldiers lived and died
Exposure narrative
Exposure is about what life was like in the trenches during the First World War. By describing the terrible natural conditions under which the soldiers lived and died
Exposure structure
The poem is structured as a series of eight stanzas. of five lines. The last line of each stanza is noticeably shorter and indented which emphasises its importance
Exposure form
The poem is structured as a series of eight stanzas. of five lines
Exposure language techniques
Owen is employing a technique known as half rhyme close half rhymesWhen the final consonants (not vowels) of the final words of lines are the same, but the overall sound is not quite the same
Ozymandias narrative
Shelley opens his poem with the detached narrativeof a traveller to distance himself from the political messages of his poem. Shelley uses Ozymandias as an allegory for King George III
Ozymandias context
Shelley opens his poem with the detached narrativeof a traveller to distance himself from the political messages of his poem. Shelley uses Ozymandias as an allegory for King George III
Ozymandias structure
The poem is a sonnet and is written in iambic pentameter. Some suggest that the sonnet form has been used to mirror Ozymandias’ egotistical love of himself.
Ozymandias form
The poem is a sonnet and is written in iambic pentameter. Some suggest that the sonnet form has been used to mirror Ozymandias’ egotistical love of himself
Ozymandias language techniques
Sonnet. “Ozymandias” is a sonnet, which is a type of poetic structure. …
Alliteration. Alliteration is the repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of multiple words in a sentence or paragraph. …
Apostrophe
Assonance
Enjambment
London narrative
The poem centres from a first-person perspective on an annoymous speaker (who could be assumed to be Blake) walking through London, and commenting on the filfh and currouption he sees
London form
The stanzas consist of alternating rhymes and are written in the iambic tetrameter
Lodon structure
London’ by William Blake is a four stanza poem that is separated into sets of four lines, known as quatrains
London form
These quatrains follow a rhyme scheme of ABAB throughout.
London language techniques
allusion, alliteration, anaphora, metaphor, oxymoron, and symbolism
My last duchess narrative
My Last Duchess’ is written in the form of a first person narration, of an arrogant and callous Duke who tours an unknown guest around his gallery
My last duchess context
The poem is set in Renaissance Italy and is narrated by the Duke of Ferrara, who is showing a painting of his late wife, the Duchess, to a visitor
My last duchess structure
Structure. ‘My Last Duchess’ is a dramatic monologue which is structured as one lengthy stanza (continuous form). This one stanza is 56 lines long. The poem consists of the Duke’s dramatic monologue addressed to an unnamed envoy
My last duchess form
Form and structure The poem is a dramatic monologue. The Duke dominants the conversation and the messenger does not speak