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Flashcards by Rhianna Nicoll, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Rhianna Nicoll
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| Question | Answer |
| To Autumn - Context | - Keats was a romantic poet and wrote about nature and the nature world - Keats died at 25, he was worried he wouldn't leave an impression on the world, this poem could be his attempt to be remembered |
| To Autumn - Structure | - first stanza is a celebration and suggests that autumn begins in a rick and calm way - in the second stanza, Keats speaks to autumn and makes suggestions that autumn is in no rush to move on - the final stanza shows change, from autumn to winter. Keats recognises this and accepting he cannot change it. |
| To Autumn - Key Quotations | 'Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness' - autumn is a season of change but is a calm season 'carless on a granary floor' - personifies autumn, suggests autumn can be thoughtless in the change it brings 'and gathering swallows twitter in the sky' - winter is drawing in and time is coming to and end - could represent circle of life |
| Death of a Naturalist - Context | - Heaney's four year old brother died in a car accident. The death affected him and a lot of his poems are about loss of innocence - Heaney grew up on a farm and his poems reflect his upbringing |
| Death of a Naturalist - Structure | - First stanza, speaker in the poem is full of enthusiasm and enjoys nature - last stanza, changes as he becomes more aware of the dangers of the world around him |
| Death of a Naturalist - Key Quotations | - 'death' in the title is a metaphor, it symbolises speaker's loss of innocence as he grows up. - the tone changes on 'then one hot day' and the tone becomes more aware of the danger - 'angry frogs' - 'spawn would clutch it' shows contrast with when he would collect 'jellied specks' he has grown up and no longer wants to play games of childhood |
| Hawk Roosting - Context | - Hughes wrote many poems about the natural world until his death in 1984 - Hughes said the poem wasn't about cruelty - he just wanted to show hawks 'natural way of thinking' |
| Hawk Roosting - Structure | - clearly organised structure of six stanzas reflecting hawk's control over his life and land - steady and calm pace to the poem again mirrors the hawk's measured control over the woodland - he will not be rushed by anyone |
| Hawk Roosting - Key Quotations | - 'roosting' suggests the hawk is still, not a swooping bird of prey as we imagine. This gives a sense of the hawk meditating on his powers of destruction - 'no falsifying dream' the hawk is focussed and not distracted, the tone is smug - 'allotment of death' sense of control that hawk is playing God throughout the poem |
| Ozymandias - Context | - Shelley was a romantic poet and wrote about power of nature - Shelley was considered to be a 'radical' and Ozymandias reflects this side of his character. He is writing about the dangers of thinking you are invincible, a timeless message |
| Ozymandias - Structure | - Poem is a sonnet, although it mixes the two main types of sonnet forms. This could show the broken nature of the statue and Ozymandias' rule - Majority of poem is through voice of the 'traveller'. As it has no stanzas it is like a long story being told by travellers |
| Ozymandias - Key Quotations | - Poem opens in first person as speaker describes a 'traveller' he's met. Use of the adjective 'antique' suggests land he visits is rich with history. - 'Nothing beside remains' suggests Ozymandias' works crumbled, his civilisations gone and been turned to dust by power of history and time. - 'The lone and level sands far away' poem is a statement about the insignificance of human beings to passage of time |
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