Studied by 2 peopleOzymandias poet
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ozymandias context
Bysshe Shelley was a romantic poet with an issue with authority
Ozymandias structure
Sonnet
Ozymandias theme(s)
How power declines
London poet
William Blake
London context
Blake was a romantic poet with an issue with authority
London structure
Strong and regular rhythm and rhyme and ballad form
London themes
powerlessness
The Prelude poet
William Wordsworth
The Prelude context
Wordsworth was a romantic poet whos parents died when he was young
The Prelude structure
Iambic pentameter
The Prelude themes
patriotism and courage
Charge of the light brigade poet
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Charge of the Light Brigade context
Glorifying the Crimean war, Tennyson was a poet Laurette
Charge of the light brigade structure
Strong use of rhythm mimics horses hooves and lots of repetition
Charge of the light brigade themes
patriotism and courage
Exposure poet
Wilfred Owen
Exposure context
Owen was a soldier in ww1 and wrote about the truth of war
Exposure structure
Use of half rhymes and repetition
Exposure theme
pointlessness of war and life
Storm on the island poet
Seamus Heaney
Storm on the island context
Stormont is Northern Ireland's parliament building and the storm is symbolic of terrorism in Northern Ireland
Storm on the island language
extended metaphors of a military attack
Storm on the island themes
power of nature
Bayonet charge poet
Ted Hughes
Bayonet charge context
Huges served in the RAF and a lot of his poetry is based on nature
Bayonet charge structure
the second stanza suggests a pause in action
Bayonet charge themes
soldiers perspective on conflict
remains poet
Simon Armitage
remains context
Based on Guardsman Tromas' story in the Iraq war. Armitage is often very direct
remains structure
there are 2 halves of the poem that represent the soldiers experience
remains themes
psychological effects of conflict on soldiers
Poppies poet
Jane Weir
Poppies context
About the female experience/perspective of war. It is unclear whether she sends her son to school or war
poppies structure
dramatic monologue and sentences that start in the middle of the line (caesura)
poppies themes
mothers perspective
War photographer poet
Carol Ann Duffy
War Photographer Context
She was inspired by her friend war photographer and was interested in the challenge faced by those who had a duty to record these events without being able to help
War photographer structure
rhyming couplets twice every stanza
war photographer themes
how conflict is presented in the media
Kamikaze poet
Beatrice Garland
Kamikaze context
Garland was inspired by 9/11 and in WWII Japanese suicide bombers would fly into buildings or ships
Kamikaze structure
Italics mark direct speech of personal memory compared to what is speculated
Kamikaze themes
female perspective
Ozymandias key quote
Boundless and bare, the lone level of sands stretch
Ozymandias key quote annotation
alliteration highlights the bareness of the desert
London key quote
Every black'ning church appalls
London key quote annotation
'black'ning' suggests the churches are becoming filthy and having a negative impact. It is also ironic that blackening describes the churches not the chimney sweepers
Prelude key quote
a huge peak, black and huge
Prelude key quote annotation
repetition of 'huge' emphasises the size and contrasts with the 'elfin' boat and the young poet at the oars
Charge of the light brigade key quote
Theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die
Charge of the light brigade key quote annotation
repetition symbolises their determination to go on
Exposure key quote
sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence
exposure key quote annotation
sibilance makes it sound like they're going on after the other, continuous.
Storm on the island key quote
sink walls in rock and roof them with good slate
storm on the island key quote annotation
monosyllables emphasises solidity of the houses
bayonet charge key quote
king, honour, human dignity, etcetera
bayonet charge key quote annotation
suggests that when you are in a war these things are irrelevant
Remains key quote
myself and somebody else and somebody else
remains key quote annotation
repetition of 'somebody else' could make him sound less guilty, it wasn't just him.
Poppies key quote
the gelled blackthorns of your hair
poppies key quote annotated
before jesus was put on the cross to die he was given a crown of thorns. this indicates that she sees her son as a sacrafice
war photographer key quote
Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh.
war photographer key quote annotated
plosives and short sentences could sound like bombs dropping or guns firing
kamikaze key quote
dark shoals of fishes flashing silver as their bellies swivelled towards the sun
kamikaze key quote annotated
sibilance and fricative makes the sounds of the waves beneath him seem more real and shows us how beautiful they are
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