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The lone and level sands stretch far away

Desert outlives the statue proving nature is more powerful than any human ever will be.

Ozymandias

Mind-forged manacles

Restricted by their own minds to stop them from leaving. Nature vs nurture.

London

Hapless soldier's sigh runs in blood down palace walls.

Contrasts low class soldier and high class in the palace. References the French revolution.

London

Blights with plagues the marriage hearse

Oxymoron shows even marriage is doomed. No escape from the misery and poverty.

London

Led by her

Ambiguous as is usual for the romantic poets. Could be referring to nature or the boat itself.

The prelude

A huge peak, black and huge, as if with voluntary power instinct, upreared it's head.

Metaphor personifies the mountain. Nature takes on the power the narrator once thought he had.

The prelude

By day, and were a trouble to my dreams.

Shaken by this event , far less confident now. Haunted can't forget what he saw even when sleeping

The prelude

How shall I say?

Sounds like natural speech as he is addressing a silent companion in a dramatic monologue.

My last duchess

As if she ranked my gift of a nine-hundred years-old name with anybody's gift.

Shows his pride. She should be grateful she is in his family now because he is superior of high status and very wealthy which is what he thinks matters.

My last duchess

I choose never to stoop

He always remains superior to everyone and never lowers himself.

My last duchess

Notice Neptune, though, taming a seahorse, thought a rarity

He thinks his new wife should be tamed too as even Neptune who is rarely tamed is in his house. Threatening tone.

My last duchess

Valley of death

Biblical reference shows their mission is of biblical importance. Also makes it seem sinister and dangerous.

The charge of the light brigade

Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die:

Obediently follow as is their duty despite knowing they will die. Shows dedication to their country.

The charge of the light brigade

When can their glory fade?

Rhetorical question. Shows amazement at their bravery and the honour they receive because of it.

The charge of the light brigade

But nothing happens

Repeated throughout the poem. Shows passage of time. Irony that they are suffering so much but nothing is actually happening.

Exposure

Less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow

Natural conditions are more deadly than the human ones . Makes them immune to fear of bullets. Even nature is corrupted.

Exposure

All closed: on us the doors are closed

Trapped. No return and nowhere else for them to go. In limbo between living and dying

Exposure

For love of god seems dying

Losing hope of everything. War is dehumanising them so even religion seems pointless.

Exposure

We are prepared: we build our houses squat,

Powerful preparation. Makes them seem strong

Storm on the island

Spits like a tame cat

Simile shows nothing can be fully tamed. Also that the storm seems worse than it is ( bark worse than its bite)

Storm on the island

It is a huge nothing that we fear

Oxymoron. With courage they can accept the outcome and see the bigger picture as its not as bad as it seems.

Storm on the island

A green hedge that dazzled with rifle fire

Juxtaposes rural countryside with the violent scenes of war

Bayonet charge

King , honour, human dignity , etcetera dropped like luxuries

Morals, bravery aren't worth it. He forgets all his ideals as he saves himself as they seem insignificant now

Bayonet charge

His terror's touchy dynamite

It is out of his control, he could die at any minute.

Bayonet charge

Probably armed, possibly not.

Uncertainty. He knows nothing about him but is just acting on instinct. Repeated later on to show his guilt about what he did.

Remains

Tosses his guts back into his body then he's carted off in the back of a lorry

Mark of dignity (tiny gesture) juxtaposed with indignity of being carted off which is the reality of war

Remains

And the drink and the drugs won't flush him out

Self destruction but even that can't ease his mind and guilt

Remains

His bloody life in my bloody hands

Reference to Macbeth. He can't forget the trauma so it's leaving a physical mark on him.

Remains

After you'd gone I went into your bedroom, released a song bird from its cage.

Ambiguous time frame. His freedom leaving home for the first time. Now he will experience danger.

Poppies

The dove pulls freely against the sky, an ornamental stitch.

Contrasts something small and beautiful in a vast space.

Poppies

Playground voice

Shows she still thinks of him as a child

Poppies

He a priest preparing to intone a mass

Implies biblical importance to what he is doing.

War photographer

Did not tremble then though seem to now. Rural England.

Contrasts the peace at home to the danger in the war torn countries where he works.

War photographer

A hundred agonies in black and white

Tragedies condensed to just a few pictures doesn't do justice to the reality.

War photographer

They do not care

No recognition to these people. Their suffering is unseen.

War photographer

Might fly our lives like paper kites.

Instability - our lives aren't in control but are at the mercy of greater forces. In this case the weather

Tissue

Trace a grand design with living tissue

Religious reference. Humans made in the image of god.

Tissue

Thinned to be transparent

Fragility of human life. Not everything can last forever but things are worn away and thinned with age.

Tissue

My original view, the bright filled paperweight.

Almost dream like picture of the past. Idealistic but unreal.

The emigree

Banned by the state

Vocabulary used in news reports. Depicts harsh realities of the now war torn country

The emigree

No way back at all

Exiled from unknown city. Also extended metaphor for childhood and how no adult can return to it.

The emigree

Bout de dish ran away with de spoon

Sing song rhyming nursery tales. Shows poets contempt for this version of history as it just seems like a joke.

Checking out me history

A yellow sunrise to the dying

Light imagery shows she plays a metaphorical role in illuminating the poets true identity.

Checking out me history

I carving out me identity

He is defining himself. Emphasised by use of non regular spelling based on his dialect throughout the poem

Checking out me history

One way journey into history

Never forgotten and will receive honour and recognition. Already knows that he will inevitably die.

Kamikaze

Only we children still chattered and laughed till gradually we too learned to be silent.

Shows the influence adults can have on children's views. Breakdown of the relationship between the pilot and all his family

Kamikaze

Which had been the better way to die

Being shunned by your whole community and having to live a life dishonoured with no-one might be worse than dying with honour and dignity.

Kamikaze