Power and conflict structure

London William Blake- form/structure

Four quatrains

-->monotonous nature of life and machines

--> predictable

--> helplessness

The prelude william wordsworth- form/structure

Volta happens halfway

--> juxtaposition highlights insignificance of humans

Short section of epic poem

Blank verse

--> free, narrative effect

My Last Duchess Robert Browning- form/structure

Dramatic monologue, presented as conversation

--> but you only hear Duke's viewpoint

Filled with personal pronouns

--> selfish

--> his love of possessions

Rigid rhyming couplets

--> duke's sense of order

Ozymandias percy bysshe shelley- form/structure

Sonnet

Persistent rhythm- iambic pentameter

--> persistent like time

Charge of the Light Brigade alfred lord tennyson- form/structure

Dactylic rhythm

--> mimicking the galloping of a horse

Written in the style of a ballad

--> a song to remember someone

Inconsistent rhyme+rhythym

--> unpredictability of warfare

Exposure wilfred owen- form/structure

Anaphora of 'but nothing happens'

-->repeats at end-cyclical structure-inevitability/futility of war

Regimented 8 stanzas of 5 lines

--> regimented structure of war

Half rhymes

--> unpredictability of war

Storm on the island seamus heaney- form/structure

Blank verse- conversational tone

Form mirrors the houses- squat and solid

Enjambment and caesura

--> creates an uneven rhythm like the storm itself

Bayonet charge ted hughes- form/structure

Formal stanza structure but lack of uniformity on inside (no rhyme/rhythm)

--> uniformity on surface of soldiers, inside they are just human

Remains simon armitage- form/structure

8 stanzas, last stanza only 2 lines

--> stands out

--> implies disintigration of speaker's mind

Dramatic monologue

First 4 stanzas shooting, last 4 stanzas effect

--> semantic field of reflection, both physically and mentally

Tissue imtiaz dharker- form/structure

Unrhymed, irregular quatrains

--> irregularity of life

--> flimsy nature of paper

Kamikaze beatrice garland- form/structure

narrative poem

7 6-line stanzas

--> simply written to let emotion shine through

Checking Out Me History John Agard- form/structure

predictable structure of British history stanzas

--> boring, makes reader feel disinterested

Rebellious structure of African history stanzas

--> makes them stand out- gives spotlight to his history for once

War photographer carol anne duffy- form/structure

Regular ABBCDD rhyme structure throughout

--> Symbolises that life goes on, despite horrific war

Regular stanzas

--> Predictability of daily life of war photographer

--> Futility of war

The emigrée carol rumens- form/structure

Unnamed homeland

--> universality of poem. Extra line on last stanza

--> reflects the narrator's unwillingness to let go.

Irregular rhythm or rhyme scheme

--> reflects the disrupted life of the émigrée.