ANTHOLOGY

Kamikaze – Context

Japanese honour & shame culture / WWII suicide pilots

Kamikaze – Quotes

“a tuna, the dark prince” / “better way to die”

Kamikaze – Form

Free verse = natural storytelling / 3rd person = isolation

Kamikaze – Compare

→ Exposure = inner conflict, war trauma

London – Context

Industrial Revolution / Blake attacks inequality

London – Quotes

“mind-forged manacles” / “harlot’s curse”

London – Form

ABAB = trapped feel / Monologue = personal anger

London – Compare

→ Ozymandias = power corrupts

Checking Out Me History – Context

Colonial history erased / Identity reclaim

Checking Out Me History – Quotes

“Dem tell me” / “carving out me identity”

Checking Out Me History – Form

Irregular, Caribbean dialect / Juxtaposition = contrast in history

Checking Out Me History – Compare

→ London = control of knowledge

Exposure – Context

WWI trench horror / Owen = soldier poet

Exposure – Quotes

“But nothing happens” / “winds that knive us”

Exposure – Form

Half-rhyme = tension / Repetition = boredom + fear

Exposure – Compare

→ Kamikaze = mental toll of war

Ozymandias – Context

Shelley = anti-power Romantic / Inspired by Egyptian statue

Ozymandias – Quotes

“colossal wreck” / “Look… and despair!”

Ozymandias – Form

Sonnet with twist / Broken iambic = decay

Ozymandias – Compare

→ London = fall of power

My Last Duchess – Context

Patriarchy & power / Based on real duke

My Last Duchess – Form

Dramatic monologue / Rhymed couplets = control

My Last Duchess – Compare

→ Ozymandias = arrogant rulers

Charge of the Light Brigade – Context

Crimean War blunder / Patriotism & loss

Charge of the Light Brigade – Form

Dactylic rhythm = galloping / Repetition = duty

Charge of the Light Brigade – Compare

→ Exposure = contrasting views of war

Bayonet Charge – Context

WWI, fear over glory / Hughes = raw emotion

Bayonet Charge – Form

Enjambment = chaos / 3 stanzas = structure breaks

Bayonet Charge – Compare

→ Kamikaze = fear in action

Remains – Context

Iraq War, PTSD / Armitage = real story

Remains – Form

Colloquial tone / Final line repetition = trauma

Remains – Compare

→ Exposure = psychological effects

Poppies – Context

Mother’s loss in war / Modern conflict

Poppies – Form

Free verse, past/present mix / Domestic + war imagery

Poppies – Compare

→ Kamikaze = family grief

Tissue – Context

Human control is fragile / Dharker = global themes

Tissue – Form

Thin structure = fragility / Free verse

Tissue – Compare

→ Ozymandias = paper vs stone power

The Emigrée – Context

Forced exile / Power of memory

The Emigrée – Form

3 stanzas, end-stopped / Lexical field = sunlight

The Emigrée – Compare

→ Checking Out Me History = identity + place

War Photographer – Context

Suffering in war zones / Duffy = public vs private

War Photographer – Form

4 equal stanzas = order / Juxtaposition = contrast war/home

War Photographer – Compare

→ Exposure = cold detachment

Storm on the Island – Context

Power of nature / Northern Ireland metaphor

Storm on the Island – Form

Blank verse / Conversational tone

Storm on the Island – Compare

→ Exposure = nature as enemy

The Prelude – Context

Wordsworth = Romantic / Nature teaches awe

The Prelude – Form

Blank verse / Epic feel

The Prelude – Compare

→ Ozymandias = power of nature