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ozymandius

the poem is structured as a sonnet showing that the poem is about the love of power

Ozymandias is the Egyptian ruler of a large area

the tyrant Ozymandius is being compared to modern day rulers

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ozymandius “two vast trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert“

imagery of broken statue shows the tyrant has been forgotten

statue was built to be memorial and part of the king’s legacy

represents the power of man being limited and finite. time and nature are more powerful

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london “black’ning church appalls“

hints that religion does not help the most vulnerable

black’ning could refer to smog, ash or tarnished reputation

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london “the mind-forged manacles I hear“

metaphor reveals how people are oppressed and trapped by their own thoughts

mental toll during industrial revolution

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checking out me history (COMH)”dem tell me”

british tell him what they want to tell him.

they have no say in their education

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(COMH)”bandage up me eye with me own history blind me to my own identity”

his identity is concealed from him

implied violence and psychological harm

imposition of colonial culture on his ancestral culture.

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storm on the island(SONI) “you may think that the sea is company but no when the flung spray hits”

the elements are unpredictable and decieving.

deceivingy picturesque views make it seem safe when it is not

the elements are a force we cannot fight but only hide from

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(SONI) “spits like a tame cat turned savage”

tame cats are not usually savage

metaphor conveys the sudden ,unexpected and violent aspects of the storm

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(SONI) “we just sit tight”

collective pronoun of “we”

fear brings people together

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poppies “I resisted the impulse to run my fingers through the gelled blackthorns of your hair”

her son is mature and grown up and is now untouchable

the religious imagery of blackthorns symbolises son as a sacrafic

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poppies ”the world overflowing like a treasure chest”

simile comparing the world to treasure chest

treasure being a precious reward

considering the implication through the poem that the young man dies, it could show that he left the world so full of promise and excitement

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poppies “making tucks darts pleats”

feeling nervous now her son has left

domestic imagery of mother making clothing for children

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war photographer “blood stained into foreign dust”

symbolism of loss of life in foreign dust does not count as much for those directly affected

shows the lasting effects of war even in countries not directly affected

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tissue “buildings“ “maps“ “fine slips“

the semantic field of the items

the items are examples of things humans have given power to despite not having any power

emphasizes man’s desire to control everything in the world

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tissue “find a way to trace a grand design with living structure”

the metaphor shows the writer’s suggestion for humanity to come together as living human beings to create something new, better, and change.

things that we assign power do not really hold power and that humankind should be able to come together to start something anew

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the emigree “as time rolls its tanks”

military imagery reminds us that her city is in conflict

time is the enemy of memory as we forget

time is personified as it takes over like an army

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the emigree “that childs vocabulary i carried here”

her first language is different to the one she speaks now

trying to hold on to her first language

feels like shes loosing it creating a sense of loss and mourning

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the emigree “glow” “white streets” “and my shadow falls as evidence of sunlight”

semantic field of light imagery throughout the poem as a main theme

memories are a source of warm comfort and light

shadow representing gloom and despair

glow could show the joyful glee in the memory of her city

the white light repitition in the poem could show her childhood purity and innocence

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kamikaze “pearl grey pebbles”

imagery of pearl grey pebbles add to theb theme of memory

despite the horrific and dark theme of kamikaze the writer when looking back at the memories of that time all she remembers is the pearl grey pebbles and waiting for her father on the beach

theme of memory is importantb as it means the reader gets to see how this circumstance wouuld have been seen and remembered as a child

childhood purity linking to emigree

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kamikaze “like a huge flag waved first one way then the other in a figure of eight”

the figure of 8 creates the image of an infinite symbol perhaps suggesting that the pilot is trapped

war is an endless cycle

even when he is home and chooses life over death he is shunned “no longer the father we loved”

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