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Power and Conflict poetry key quotations GCSE
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- 1"I met a traveller from an antique land" -Ozymandias~ Framed as a story to make it clear that the narrator has never seen the statue, only ever heard about it.
- 2"Sneer of cold command" -Ozymandias~ Harsh alliteration , the sculptor understood the arrogance of the ruler.
- 3"The hand that mocked them" -Ozymandias~ "Mock" can mean to ridicule or to create a likeness of something. The sculptor could have intended his statue to make fun of Ozymandias.
- 4"I wander through each charterd street" -London~ First person narrative personalises the poem and makes it more real. "Chartered" suggests that the whole city is affected, not just one area.
- 5"Runs in blood down palace walls" -London~ Couldve been a referance to the French Revolution, sounds like he thinks ordinary people suffer while those people in the palace are protected by the walls.
- 6"Blights with plauges the marriage hearse" - London~ Powerful language of illness and disease. Destruction is implied by "blights" and "plauges" hints at something that is uncontrolable and destined to affect a lot of people. The oxymoron of the happy image of marriage and sadness of death suggests that everything has been destroyed.
- 7"One summer evening led by her" -The Prelude~ Unclear who "her" is, could be mother nature. Starts the poem as if it's a fairytale.
- 8"The horizons bound, a huge peak, black and huge" -The Prelude~ A very different language compared to the rest of the poem. Now it has become darker and now threatening.
- 9"But huge and mighty forms, that do not live. like living men" -The Prelude~ Nature is described as a powerful conscious being that can influence our lives.
- 10"Thats my last duchess painted on the wall" -My Last Duchess~ Sounds as if he owns the Duchess herself, not just the picture of her. Posessive pronouns.
- 11"No one puts by the curtain that I have drawn for you but I" -My Last Duchess~ He controls who looks at the painting but he couldn't control who looked at his wife when she was alive.
- 12"I gave commands and all smiles stopped" -My Last Duchess~ Seems to be a hint towards his wifes murder. "I gave commands" is cold and cynical.
- 13"Half a league, half a league, half a league onwards" -Charge Of The Light Brigade~ The rhythm sounds like galloping horses hooves, it gives the impression that the horses are unstoppable.
- 14"Theirs not to make reply, theres not to reason why, theirs but to do or die" -Charge Of The Light Brigade~ Rhyme and repetition emphasises the soldiers obedience and sense of duty, even though they know they will almost certainly be killed.
- 15"Then they rode back, but not not the six hundered" -Charge Of The Light Brigade~ The repetition of "not" emphasises the fact that some of the brigade have been killed. It also creates a broken,stuttering effect, making it sound almost as if the speaker is upset.
- 16"Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us" -Exposure~ A shared painfull experience, nature is personified and seems to be attacking them.
- 17"Sudden succesive flights of bullets streak the silence" -Exposure~ Siblilance mimics the whistling sounds of bullets flying through the air.
- 18"Slowly our ghosts drag home" -Exposure~ Assonance of long "oh" sounds makes the imaginary journey sound painful and slow.
- 19"We are prepared: we build our houses squat" -Storm On The Island~ Very strong opening statement that creates a feeling of safety. Lots of words about safety and security.
- 20"Can raise a tragic chorus in a gale" -Storm On The Island~ In a Greek tragedy a "chorus" comments on and explains events. Having no trees to act as a chorus suggests the islanders are left on their own to face and interpret the storm.
- 21"Strange, it's a huge nothing that we fear" -Storm On The Island~ The storm is invisible, there's nothing solid there. This contrasts with the solid rock mentioned in the second line of the poem.
- 22" Bullets smacking the belly out of the air" -Bayonet Charge~ Violent imagery and onomatopoeia describes the sound and impact of the shots.
- 23"In what cold clockwork of the stars and nations" -Bayonet Charge~ Emphasise the soldiers insignificance and his lack of control of his situation. "Cold" implies that the people in charge of the war don't care about the individual soldiers.
- 24"His terrors touchy dynamite" -Bayonet Charge~ The soldier seems to have become a weapon rather than a human being. Hes driven purely by terror.
- 25"I see every round as it rips through his life" -Remains~ The repetition of "i see" emphasises the visual horror of the scene. The violent metaphor contrasts shockingly with the colloquial style of the first two stanzas.
- 26"Tossed his guts back into his body. Then hes carted off in the back of a lorry" -Remains~ Two very casual, cold actions - no respect for the dead man. "Tosses" and "carted off" makes it sound like the body is a piece of rubbish.
- 27"His bloody life in my bloody hands" -Remains~ Could be a double meaning to bloody, hes talking about the mans lood but also swearing in anger. No collective responsibility. Possible relation to Macbeth.
- 28"Poppies had already been placed on individual war graves" -Poppies~ An ominous reminder that war kills individuals, so loss is personal.
- 29"The world overflowing like a treasure chest" - Poppies~ Similie shows the world from the sons perspective, makes it sound exciting and full of precious experiences.
- 30"Released a song bird from its cage" - Poppies~ Symbolises her son leaving for war.
- 31"Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows" -War Photographer~ The reels of film are described like soldiers or like rows of war graves. Paradox- chaos and suffering are reduced to something ordered.
- 32"Running children in nightmare heat" -War Photographer~ Reference to a Vietnam War photo. The link hints at the importance of the photographers work as the photo is sometimes credited to helping war end.
- 33"They do not care" -War Photographer~ Ambiguous, it could refer to the readers of the newspapers dont care about the victims of the war. Meanwhile he is traumatised.
- 34"Pages smoothed and stroked" -Tissue~ Gentle verbs show that the pages are treated with respect and affection.
- 35"The sun shines through the borderlines" -Tissue~ The sun is a powerful, permanent force, whereas borders are just temporary marks on paper.
- 36"The shapes that pride can make" -Tissue~ Sounds like a criticism of human pride- we create big, imposing buildings that are ultimately unimportant.
- 37"There oce was a country" -The Emigree~ Sounds like a story but also suggests loss.
- 38"I am branded by an impression of sunlight" -The Emigree~ The negative of branded is juxtaposed with the positive of impression of sunlight, also suggests a permanence to her view.
- 39"I have no passport, theres no way back at all" -The Emigree~ Gives the impression of hoplessness.
- 40"A shaven head full of powerful incantations" -Kamikaze~ Suggests that the pilot was under some kind of spell which hints at the influence of patriotic propaganda.
- 41"Fishing boats strung out like bunting" -Kamikaze~ Irony ,the pilot shouldve been aiming at the bigger enemy ships but its the little fishing boats that catch his eyes.
- 42"He mustve wondered which had been the better way to die" -Kamikaze~ Wondering whether it wouldve been better to die quickly than die lonley and slowly with his family ignoring him.
- 43"Bandage up me eye with me own history" -CHecking Out Me History~ The imagery of bandage is ironic, instead of aiding injury it's causing pain.
- 44"Dem tell me dem tell me what dem want to tell me" -Checking Out Me History~ Repeated throughout the whole poem, mocking the education system.
- 45"De cow who jump over de moon" -Checking Out Me History~ Using nursery rhymes to mock the education system. unimportant to his history.
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