Karteikarten
Poetry: power and conflict
Karten in diesem Stapel (4)
- 1Poetry: power and conflictKamikaze: Beatrice Garland
Charge of the light brigade: Alfred Tennyson
Checking out me history: John Agard
My last duchess: Robert Browning
The prelude: William Wordsworth
London: William Blake
Exposure: Wilfred Owen
The émigré: Carol Rummens
Tissue: Imtiaz Dharker
War photographer: Carol Duffy
Bayonet charge: Ted Hughes
Remains: Simon Armitage
Ozymandias: Percy Shelley
Storm on the island: Seamus Heaney
Poppies: Jane Wier - 2kamikaze: Beatrice Garland what is is kamikaze about? what are the feelings/themes in the poem? How does the poem link to power and conflict? what poems could it be compared with? what are the main language devices?Overview of kamikaze: A Japanese fighter pilot fails to incomplete his mission to help in WW2 .The fighter changes his mind and returns home to his family however,his family are unable to forgive him as it was saw as a great honour to die in war.
Themes/feelings: regret, shame, patriotism
Links to power and conflict: The mental conflict within the pilots mind which was caused by the war/conflict caused by memory/power of nature that persuades him too return
Compare with:
Poppies (conflict caused by memories)
The prelude (power of nature)
Language devices:
similes/metaphors/sibilance/direct speech - 3Charge of the light brigade: Alfred Tennyson What is cotlb about? what are the key themes/feelings in cotlb? How does it link to power and conflict? what poems could it be compared with? what are the main language features?Overview of cotlb: The poem is about a battle in the Crimean war (1853-1856) a misunderstanding meant the light brigade were ordered into a valley surrounded by the enemy which resulted in mass death.
Themes: Admiration/patriotism/horror
Links to power and conflict: The conflict resulted in a huge quantity of deaths/the power of senior officers lead to the death of the soldiers
Compare with: poppies/remains/war photographer (effects of conflict)
bayonet charge/exposure (reality of war)
language features: violent language/repetition/onomatopoeia/rhythm - 4Checking out me history: John Agard what is comh about? what are the key themes and feelings? How does it link to power and conflict? what poems could it be compared with? what are the main language features?Overview of comh: The narrator is talking about his identity and how he was taught British history but not about his Caribbean roots, he questions why people don't know about other famous figures from different cultures.
key themes: Anger/admiration/celebration
Link to power and conflict: The power that history is having on his life/annoyed that history fails to mention other cultures
Compare with : London (anger of both narrators)
Tissue (identity/challenging authority)
Language features: metaphors/repetition/colloquial language
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- GCSE English Literature Karteikarten am Poetry: power and conflict, erstellt von Mia Healey am 24/02/2017.
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