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Poetry

Gretta Mildred English Literature GCSE English 5.0Average rating 5.0 out of 5 (1 rating) 40 cards

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  1. 1OzymandiasPoet - Percy Bysshe Shelly
    3 voices - poet, traveller, statue
    loss of power over passage of time
  2. 2OzymandiasMy name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: look on my works, ye mighty and despair
  3. 3OzymandiasBoundless and bare
    lone and level sands
  4. 4OzymandiasNothing beside remains. Round the decay
  5. 5Prelude William WordsworthEpic poem, inspired by memories
    shows Pantheism - universe/nature is identical to divinity
  6. 6Preludea huge peak, black and huge
  7. 7Preludewith voluntary power instinct upreared it head
  8. 8PreludeSmall circles glittering idly in the moon until they melted all into one track of sparkling light
  9. 9My Last Duchess Robert BrowningBased on true story. Duke shows around a visitor there to negotiate the Duke's marriage; is shown portrait of dead Duchess. The Duke talks about her flirty behaviour and gives away that he had her killed. He realises and quickly moves on with his visitor.
  10. 10My Last DuchessMy gift of a nine hundred years old name
  11. 11My Last DuchessI gave commands; then all smiles stopped together
  12. 12My Last DuchessThats my last Duchess painted on the wall, looking as of she were alive. I call that a piece a wonder
  13. 13Charge of the Light Brigade Alfred Lord TennysonBased on battle in Crimean war where 600 British soldier ordered to attack 1,000's of Russians. The order was a mistake. Poem is designed to remember & honour them, is critical though
  14. 14COTLBCame through the jaws of death. Back from the mouth of hell
  15. 15COTLBCannon to the right of them, cannon to the left of them, cannon to the front of them
  16. 16COTLBDactyllic rhythm - horses galloping.
  17. 17Exposure Wilfred OwenPoem is about WW1 soldiers facing cold weather. More dangerous than the enemy. Owen was poet and soldier, died weeks before Armistice.
  18. 18Exposurein the merciless iced east winds that knife us
  19. 19ExposureFlakes that flock, pause and renew
  20. 20Exposurethe night is silent..
  21. 21Storm on the Island Seamus HeaneyIrish poet. About power of nature, more powerful than man
  22. 22Storm on the IslandLeaves and branches can raise a tragic chorus in a gale
  23. 23Storm on the Islandwe are bombarded by the empty air
  24. 24Storm on the IslandIambic pentameter (10 syllables) heartbeat - natural
  25. 25Bayonet Charge Ted HughesFrom the perspective of a soldier as he charges to the enemy. Themes of countryside and human history - influenced his imagination
  26. 26Bayonet ChargeBullets smacking the belly out of the air
  27. 27Bayonet ChargeHis terror's touchy dynamite
  28. 28Bayonet ChargeEnjambment lines 11,14,15 - slows action down reflecting soldier
    Caesura - 1st stanza uses - shows soldiers confusion
  29. 29The Emigree Carol RumensGirl has left her country - recalling it. Shows power of a place over someone even if they left it a long time ago.
  30. 30The EmigreeI comb its hair and love its shining eyes
  31. 31The EmigreeMy city comes to me in its own white plane
  32. 32The EmigreeStanzas with no established rhythm to suggest unsettled mind of the narrator
  33. 33Checking Out Me History John AgardNarrator talking about identity - how it links to knowledge of history. Talks about people from his cultural background who aren't taught in schools - ends with poet deciding to create his own identity based on his heritage
  34. 34Checking Out Me HistoryHealing Star
    A yellow sunrise
  35. 35Checking Out Me HistoryDem tell me,
    Dem tell me, wha dem want to tell me
  36. 36Checking Out Me HistoryZulu - Waterloo
    Rhyming couplets
    Abbreviated syntax = irregular rhythm
    stanzas about British = simple rhymes= sound childish
  37. 37Kamikaze Beatrice GarlandSuicide mission WW2 - goes out but changes his mind and returns home. Here he is ignored, having brought shame on his family.
    Contemporary message = suicide bombers 9/11
  38. 38KamikazeOne-way journey into history
  39. 39Kamikazelittle fishing boats strung out like bunting
  40. 40KamikazeAnd sometimes, she said, he must have wondered which had been the better way to die.

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GCSE English Literature Flashcards on Poetry, created by Gretta Mildred on 19/03/2016.
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