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Poetry Power and Conflict

Andrew Stonehouse English English 75 cards

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  1. 1Storm on the IslandSeamus Heaney
  2. 2Storm on the Island investigates themes such as .... and...... It describes ..... and uses we, the first person plural to describe the communal experience. "" One ...., compact like the '' houseshumans vs nature
    fear
    a community preparing for a storm
    "we are prepared"
    stanza
    "squat"
  3. 3There is a .... field of .... using words like "" and "" Similes such as "" personify the stormsemantic
    war
    bombarded
    exploding
    "spits like a tame cat turned savage"
  4. 4The attitudes in the poem change from .... , .... and then ..... ..... structure shows repeated relentlessness of storm "" 'Stormont' relates to recent .... in Irelandsecurity, fear, helplessness
    Circular
    "We are prepared....strange it is a huge nothing that we fear"
    violence
  5. 5Compare with the fear of nature inExposure
  6. 6TissueImtiaz Dharker
  7. 7There is ..... therefore focusing on general humanity. ... of rhythm and rhyme gives poet ..... The poem is built up in ..... like life, stanza by stanza. It refuses a ..... interpretation. Themes include....No specific speaker
    lack
    freedom
    layers
    simple
    power of humans vs nature and identity
  8. 8Sunlight is shown as a positive force that can "" The delicacy of paper is an ...... for human life. "turned into ....""shine through borderlines"
    extended metaphor
    your skin"
  9. 9The poem has 3 parts, history,experiences and life. The final line "" questions the reader Repetition of "" shows the never ending control of paper"turned into your skin"
    "smooth stroked and turned"
  10. 10Compare with ... or .....Checking out me History
  11. 11Bayonet ChargeTed Hughes-father in WW1, Inspired by WOwen
  12. 12Explores the thought of .... showing .... and the .... of conflict Uses 'he' therefore.... Enjambment, caesura, and uneven lines represent the soldier stumblingsoldier going over the top
    fear
    effects and reality
    ambiguous
  13. 13Simile "" showing how he finds war difficult to describe and has lost rational thought "etcetera""like a man who has jumped up in the dark listening between his footfall for the reason of his still running"
  14. 14Starts in the middle of the action Time stops in second stanza Gives up in final stanza. Attitude of .... and ....terror and confusion
  15. 15Compare withCharge of the Light Brigade
  16. 16RemainsSimon Armitage
  17. 17Real story of British soldier in .... and shows his PTSD. Sounds like a confession due to... Uses 'we' before changing to 'I' as the guilt increases.Iraq
    ...no constraints on the rhythm or rhyme and use of caesura and enjambment
  18. 18Juxtaposition of : Graphic Imagery "" reminds reader of ... of war And Casual Language so desensitized feelings of man, trying to hide feelings.tosses his guts back into his body
    horror
  19. 19Repetition shows how the PTSD.... "" Turns from anecdote to... Turning point when....is always there
    "dug in behind enemy lines"
    confession
    he returns home
  20. 20Compare withWar Photographer
    Feelings of guilt, memory and conflict
  21. 21War PhotographerCarol Ann Duffy
  22. 22Regular rhyme and stanza length like.... Follows the photos journey....the photographers organised work, and the care he takes, applying structure to chaos.
  23. 23Emotive imagery. "a strangers features....""....faintly start to twist before his eyes, a half formed ghost"
  24. 24Circular Structure shows how.... Contrasts Rural England and ...., Widows tears and ....... . Feelings of ....nothing changes and his work doesn't have a impact
    War Zones
    Readers prick
    pain, detachment, anger
  25. 25Compare with ....Remains
  26. 26EmigreeCarol Rumens
  27. 271st Person. .... therefore.... No rhythm or rhyme represents...vague
    relates to many people
    lack of continuity in her life
  28. 28Language about light and dark. Describes old city as "" and new city accuses her of "". Shows how she doesn't fit in. Personification shows how memories of her city are like a friend."sunlight clear"
    "being dark"
    "takes me dancing"
  29. 291+2 Have enjambment 3 Doesn't 4 is longerFreedom/nostalgia
    No freedom in new city or old city-threatened
    Doesn't want her old city to leave her
  30. 30Compare withLondon-Place
  31. 31OzymandiasPercy Shelley didn't like oppression and absolute power
  32. 32Second hand account.... One stanza.... About Ramses IIdistances reader from events
    Short like pharaohs rein
  33. 33Pharaohs uses powerful and aggressive language "" but it is ironic because "". His """king of kings, look on my word ye mighty and despair"
    "nothing beside remains"
    "shattered visage"
  34. 34Attitudes of .... and .... Describes small details at beginning, which is...pride and arrogance
    contrasted later with the large empty desert.
  35. 35Compare withMy Last Duchess - power and pride
  36. 36LondonWilliam Blake - wanted equality
  37. 37Describes miserable walk through London.... Dramatic Monologue, first person narrative makes it .... and .... Rhyme scheme shows...not helped by people in power
    dramatic and personal
    endless suffering of people in city
  38. 38Uses senses immersing the reader. Emotive language to try and gain support for his beliefs. "" oxymoron shows how even everything is effected. Babies are born into a nasty world. Marriage leads to children, life union, but prostitutes don't have thatthe youthful harlots curse blights with plague the marriage hearse
  39. 39Beginning focuses on people affected, 3rd focuses on organisations causing problems. Ends with lost innocence of babies leaving impression on reader. Repeats "every" suggesting........no one is unaffected
  40. 40Compare withEmigree-Experiences, Anger, lack of hope
  41. 41PoppiesJane Weir
  42. 421s person narrative about a son leaving to war.... No regular rhythm or rhyme show how her life is now jumbled, and she is reliving thoughts and memories. Long sentences and enjambment.... Caesura is used when she tries ....ambiguous
    show how she is lost in thought
    to hold herself together.
  43. 43Uses senses wanting son to be physically there Domestic imagery"" juxtaposed with war imagery """my stomach busy making tucks, darts and pleats"
    "bandaged, spasms of red, reinforcements"
  44. 44Follows events chronologically however..... feelings of ....memories are sprinkled occasionally, showing how he is on her mind
    loss, and fear
  45. 45Compare with pride inKamikaze
  46. 46Charge of the Light BrigadeAlfred Lord Tennyson
    About Crimean War. Cavalry sent into valley surrounded by Russians. Generals paid way to top. Public were unhappy. As Poet Laureate had to write about it. Didn't like rich people
  47. 47.... person. Chronological Story. Broken rhythm sounds like....and .... men3rd
    horses hooves and falling men
  48. 48Uses double meaning to show Alfred's hatred of power and the stupid rich, but also the admiration of the soldiers. "ered" """someone had blundered
     all the world wondered"
  49. 49Repetition at end of paragraph of "" shows vast number of people and casualties. Foreshadowing "" shows how generals should've known better Attitudes of .... and ...."into the valley of death, rode the six hundred"
    admiration and patriotism
  50. 50Compare with .. or...bayonet charge-charges to death
  51. 51PreludeWilliam Wordsworth- Grew up in Lake District. Romantic Poet
  52. 52Personal experience. Regular rhythm sounds like.... and lack of .... adds.... Part of unfinished collection of poems about his life. 1 stanza and enjambment is ...... No breaksspeech
    rhyme
    serious tone
    overwhelming
  53. 53Exteneded metaphor for ... control over .... Uses weaker language, repeating words"" showing authors... and ...natures control over man
    "huge peak, black and huge"
    shock and fear
  54. 54Starts ..... then becomes .... and upon ..... we learn how as a young man ..... ""confident
    fearful
    reflection
    he thought he knew everything and has much to learn "trouble to my dreams"
  55. 55Compare with Similar themes of ...Kamikaze
    nature and fear
    turning around
  56. 56KamikazeBeatrice Garland
  57. 57About ......who turned around. .... when he returns home due to cultural beliefs of .... 3rd person distances reader from pilot. Direct speech from daughter ..... Absence of pilots voice...Japanese Kamikaze pilot
    shunned
    dying for your country
    creates empathy
    shows how he no longer speaks
  58. 58Power of nature shown through ..... ""detailed descriptions that triggered him to turn around
    " green blue translucent sea"
  59. 59Chronological order shows changes from .... to ... and .... 1 sentence for man's flight. Final sentence leaves reader reflecting ""patriotism to shame and regret
    "which was the better way to die"
  60. 60Compare withPrelude. Power of nature, fear, turning around
  61. 61Checking out me HistoryJohn Agard- Black Caribbean raised in England
    Anger at the emission of black people from history by the British Empire who educated everyone with their own history.
  62. 62Uses ... and .... creating a Caribean accent and not conforming to the rules of English language. 1st person and refers to ""distancing the author from the people trying to control him and villainising themenjambment and phonetic spelling
    "dem"
  63. 63metaphors of vision shows how black history was hidden "" "" metaphor of "carving" to show the process of finding himself and his history. Painful but unchangeable."bandage up my eye"-pirate
    "blind me to my own identity"
  64. 64Meant to be heard, and .... used to make it memorable so ideas spread. Juxtaposes white people and nursery rhymes....repetition
    showing how history was picked and choose turning it into no more than a fairy tale
  65. 65Compare withTissue Identity, control
  66. 66My Last DuchessRobert Browning
  67. 67About .... Dramatic monologue.. Extract from a conversation, however other person doesn't talk. Rhyming couplets show Duke's.... Enjambment shows....Duke Alfonso of Ferrera
    desire for control
    gets carried away within own voice.
  68. 68Uses a .......tone ""sinister and powerful
    "I gave commands then all smiles stopped together."
  69. 69Foreshadowing "" wife's painting controls him , even though he... Feelings of ... ,and .... We find out at the end ...."looking as if she were alive"
    killed her and hides her away
    pride and jealousy
    he is arranging his next marriage
  70. 70Compare with....Ozymandias -Power and pride
  71. 71ExposureWilfred Owen-WW1 Soldier
  72. 72Present tense, 1st person plural shows collective experience, Regular rhyme scheme is .... and....also shown by half lines and rhymes. Expecting but no delivery.anticlimactic and shows monotonous nature of war
    "but nothing happens"
  73. 73Personifies nature making it sound like the enemy " Sibilance ""merciless iced winds that knife us"
    "sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence"
  74. 74Circular structure shows Rhetorical questions answer themselves at the end of each stanza""how everyone experiences the monotonous nature of trench warfare.
    "what are we doing here"
  75. 75Compare with fear and nature inStorm on the Island

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English Flashcards on Poetry Power and Conflict, created by Andrew Stonehouse on 18/05/2017.
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