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22 Cards in this Set
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What poems fit the theme of power of humans |
Ozymandious London My last duchess Storm on the island |
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What poems fit the theme of the power of nature? |
The Prelude Ozymandious Exposure Storm on the Island |
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What poems fit the theme of the effects of conflict |
The charge of the light brigade Exposure Bayonet charge War photographer |
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What poems fit the theme of the reality of conflict |
The charge of the light brigade Exposure Bayonet charge War photographer |
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What poems fit the theme of Loss and Absence? |
London Exposure |
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What poems fit the theme of memory |
The Prelude My Last Duchess War Photographer |
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What poems fit the theme of negative emotions, anger |
London War Photographer |
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What poems fit the theme of negative emotions, guilt |
War photographer |
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What poems fit the theme of negative emotions, fear |
The Prelude Storm on the Island Bayonet Charge
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What poems fit the theme of negative emotions, pride |
Ozymandious The Prelude My Last Duchess
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What poems fit the theme of identity |
My last duchess The charge of the light brigade
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What poems fit the theme of Individual Experiences |
London The Prelude Boyenet charge War photographer |
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What is Ozymandious about? |
The narrated meets a traveller who tells him about a statue standing in the middle of the desert It's a statue of a king who ruled over a past civilisation. His face is proud and he arrogantly boasts about how powerful he is an inscription on the statue's Base. However the statue has fallen down and crumbles away so that only the ruins remain |
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What is London about? |
The narrator is describing a walk round the city of London He says that everywhere he goes people he meets are affected by misery and dispatch Thus misery seems relentless no one can escape it- not even young and innocent. People in power (like the Church, the monarchy and healthy landowners) seen yo be behind the problems and do nothing to help the people in need |
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What is The Prelude about? |
The extract begins on a summer evening when the narrator finds a boat tied to a tree. He untied the boat and takes it out on the lake Initially the narrator seems happy and confident, and he describes a beautiful scene. A mountain appears on the horizon and the narrator is afraid of its size and power. He turns the boat around and hoes home, but his view of nature has changed |
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What is My Last Duchess about? |
The Duke proudly points out the portrait of the duchess (his former wife) to a visitor The Duke was angered by the Duchess's behaviour- she was friendly towards everyone and he was annoyed that she treated him just like anyone else He acted to stop the Duchess's flirtatious behavior, but he doesn't say how he did this. There are strong hints that he had her murdered The Duke and his guest walk away from the painting and the reader discovers that the Duke's visitor has come to arrange the Duke's next marriage
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What is the charge of the light brigade about? |
The poem describes a disastrous battle between British cavalry (soldiers on horseback) and Russian forces during the Crimean War (1853-1856) A misunderstanding meant that the Light Brigade were ordered yo advance into a valley surrounded by enemy soldiers The cavalry were only armed with swords, whereas the Russian soldiers had guns. The Light Brigade were virtually defenceless against their enemies and many of them were killed |
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What is Exposure about? |
Soldiers in the trenches of WW1 are awake at night, afraid of an enemy attack. However, mature seems to be their main enemy- it's freezing cold, windy and snowing The men imagine returning home, but the doors there are closed to them. They believe that sacrificing themselves to war is the only way of keeping their loved ones at home safe. They return to thinking about their deaths in the icy, bleak trenches |
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What is Storm island about? |
The narrated describes how a community thinks it's well prepared for a coming storm As the poem goes on, their confidence starts to disapear as the storm develops The power and sound of the storm are described The ending of the poem describes the fear as the storm hits the island |
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What is Bayonet Charge about |
The poem focuses of a single soldier's experience of a charge towards enemy lines It describes his thoughts and actions as he tries to stay alive The soldiers overriding emotion and motivation is fear, which has replaces the more patriotic ideals that he held before the violence began |
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What is War Photographer about? |
A war photographer is in his darkroom, developing pictures that he's taken in war zones across the world. Being back in England is a bit contrast- it's safe and calm compared to where he's been A photo begins go develop and the photographer remembers the death if the man and the cries of his wife The final stanza focuses of the people in England who will see the photographs in their Sunday papers the speaker thinks they don't really care about the people and places in the photographs |
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What 9 poems can I compare with? |
Storm on the Island Bayonet charge Exposure Charge of the light brigade London Ozymandios My Last Duchess War Photographer The Prelude |
