Ozymandias: On the pedestal were the words: “My name is Ozymandias, king of Kings: look on my works ye ______, and _________ mighty, despair
mighty, despair
Then I’m home on leave. But I blink’ - Why has the poet used a Caesura here?
creates a sense of conflict between the security of home and the violence in his mind (when he blinks he is transported back).
What is enjambment?
When the line flows onto the next in poetry
Which poetic technique has the repetition of S sounds?
Sibilance
Wordsworth and Blake both belong to which Movement?
The Romantic movement
What religious book does the poet refer to in Tissue?
The Koran
Define what an Emigree is?
An émigré is someone who has left their own country and lives in a different country for political reasons.
Who wrote Tissue?
Imtiaz Dharker
What is a Kamikaze pilot
a suicide pilot from the Japanese airforce
Name TWO poems which show the power of humans
ozymandias/london/my last duchess/storm on the island/Tissue/Checking out me history
Where does the poem war photographer begin?
Alone in his dark room
Name TWO poems that explore the effects of wartime conflict
COTLB/ Exposure / Poppies/ Bayonet Charge/ War Photographer/ Kamikaze/ Remains
What is the weather like in the poem Exposure?
Freezing cold and Frosty
Name TWO poems which show the power of nature
The Prelude/Ozymandias/Exposure/Storm on the Island/Tissue/Kamikaze
Which poet wrote Bayonet Charge
Ted Hughes
My Last Duchess: “She had a heart – how shall I say? – too soon made ______” Fill in the missing word
glad
Which word is wrong in this quotation? the gelled spikes of your hair.
spikes - it was blackthorns
Why might the poet use repetition of ‘Dem tell me’ in the poem Checkin out me History?
That others are controlling what he learns
Which animal is injured when fighting in the poem Bayonet Charge?
Hare
Name TWO poems that explore identity
Tissue / Emigree/ Checking Out Me History/ Kamikaze/ Poppies/ COTLB/ My Last Duchess
What is a caesura?
a pause in the middle of a line.
Storm on the Island can be considered a extended metaphor for the conflict in Northern Ireland at the time. What was this conflict more commonly known as?
The Troubles
What is a Volta?
The turning point in the poem - e.g. in the prelude the narrator goes from feeling confident to fearful
Which poem is written mostly in Dactylic meter?
The Charge of the Light Brigade
How does Tennyson describe the valley in the charge of the light brigade?
The Valley of Death/Jaws of death/ mouth of hell
Who wrote London?
William Blake
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