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Description
Mind Map by Elliott Hudson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Elliott Hudson
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power and conflict
- charge of the light brigade
- quotes
- into the valley of
death(death)
- into the jaws of death
into the mouth of hell
(death)
- when can their glory fade (glory)
- into the valley of
death(death)
- key themes
- death
- warfare
- respect
- courage
- duty
- glory
- death
- context
- 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' was written in response to the
atrocities the British troops faced, during the Crimean war. In October
1854, Lord Cardigan led a light troop of 670 soldiers. During the Battle
of Balaclava, a horrific 110 soldiers were killed and 160 were
wounded.
- 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' was written in response to the
atrocities the British troops faced, during the Crimean war. In October
1854, Lord Cardigan led a light troop of 670 soldiers. During the Battle
of Balaclava, a horrific 110 soldiers were killed and 160 were
wounded.
- poems it links to
- Exposure, by Owen focuses on war through the harsh
weather conditions, while Tennyson in Charge of the
Light Brigade reflects on how emotionless the men
appear in comparison to Owen's bleak depiction of
the men's suffering.
- Exposure, by Owen focuses on war through the harsh
weather conditions, while Tennyson in Charge of the
Light Brigade reflects on how emotionless the men
appear in comparison to Owen's bleak depiction of
the men's suffering.
- quotes
- exposure
- key themes
- power of humans
- flickering gunnery rumbles
- flickering gunnery rumbles
- power of nature
- merciless iced east winds
that knife us
- merciless iced east winds
that knife us
- war
- far off, like a dull rumour of some other war
- far off, like a dull rumour of some other war
- death
- is it that we are dying
- is it that we are dying
- religion
- Death is seen as inevitable
- Death is seen as inevitable
- power of humans
- context
- Context. This poem was written during World War
I. It depicts the horrific conditions of war. Owen
wanted to show the reality of war in contrast to
the propaganda that was being feed to the British
nation at home. from a first person point of view
- Context. This poem was written during World War
I. It depicts the horrific conditions of war. Owen
wanted to show the reality of war in contrast to
the propaganda that was being feed to the British
nation at home. from a first person point of view
- poems it links to
- remains
- both relates to trauma
- both are soldiers at war
- both relates to trauma
- remains
- key themes
- remains
- 'Remains' is based on the experiences of a soldier who
served in Basra in Iraq. He suffered severe PTSD as a result
of his experiences and the poem recalls one particular
event where the soldier shot the looter of a bank and was
left with horrendous flashbacks reliving the moment of the
man's death.
- key themes
- reality of war
- "three of a kind all letting fly"
- "three of a kind all letting fly"
- PTSD
- "his bloody life in my bloody hands"
- "his bloody life in my bloody hands"
- individual experiences
- the drinks and the drugs wont flush him out
- the drinks and the drugs wont flush him out
- guilt
- memory
- hes here in my head when i close my
eyes
- hes here in my head when i close my
eyes
- reality of war
- 'Remains' is based on the experiences of a soldier who
served in Basra in Iraq. He suffered severe PTSD as a result
of his experiences and the poem recalls one particular
event where the soldier shot the looter of a bank and was
left with horrendous flashbacks reliving the moment of the
man's death.
- war photographer
- context
- War photographers fulfil a very dangerous job; they put their lives
in danger to capture images of the severity of war. Many have
been killed and injured but they see it as a necessary sacrifice in
order to present information to an audience 'at home'.
- War photographers fulfil a very dangerous job; they put their lives
in danger to capture images of the severity of war. Many have
been killed and injured but they see it as a necessary sacrifice in
order to present information to an audience 'at home'.
- key themes
- horrors of war
- blood stained
- blood stained
- our increasing indifference
to the victims of conflict
- all flesh is grass
- all flesh is grass
- horrors of war
- context
- kakikaze
- context
- Beatrice Garland's poem
reflects the immense social
pressure brought to bear on
the pilots to carry out
kamikaze missions as part of
Japan's war effort during
World War Two.
- Beatrice Garland's poem
reflects the immense social
pressure brought to bear on
the pilots to carry out
kamikaze missions as part of
Japan's war effort during
World War Two.
- key themes
- conflict
- "which had been the better
way to die"
- "which had been the better
way to die"
- nature
- a tuna, the dark prince, muscular,
dangerous
- a tuna, the dark prince, muscular,
dangerous
- patriotism
- with a flask of water and a
samurai sword
- with a flask of water and a
samurai sword
- memories
- conflict
- context
- bayonet charge
- key themes
- patriotism
- The patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye
- The patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye
- patriotism
- context
- Bayonet Charge was written and published
in 1957 but concentrates on the battles of
First World War. Ted Hughes (1930 – 1998) is
known as one of the most important English
poets of the 20th century. He became Poet
Laureate in 1984
- Bayonet Charge was written and published
in 1957 but concentrates on the battles of
First World War. Ted Hughes (1930 – 1998) is
known as one of the most important English
poets of the 20th century. He became Poet
Laureate in 1984
- quotes
- lugged a rifle like a smashed arm
- suddenly he awoke
- in bewilderment then he
almost stopped
- lugged a rifle like a smashed arm
- key themes
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