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Flashcards by Mia Healey, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Mia Healey
almost 8 years ago
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| Poetry: power and conflict | Kamikaze: Beatrice Garland Charge of the light brigade: Alfred Tennyson Checking out me history: John Agard My last duchess: Robert Browning The prelude: William Wordsworth London: William Blake Exposure: Wilfred Owen The émigré: Carol Rummens Tissue: Imtiaz Dharker War photographer: Carol Duffy Bayonet charge: Ted Hughes Remains: Simon Armitage Ozymandias: Percy Shelley Storm on the island: Seamus Heaney Poppies: Jane Wier |
| kamikaze: Beatrice Garland what is is kamikaze about? what are the feelings/themes in the poem? How does the poem link to power and conflict? what poems could it be compared with? what are the main language devices? | Overview of kamikaze: A Japanese fighter pilot fails to incomplete his mission to help in WW2 .The fighter changes his mind and returns home to his family however,his family are unable to forgive him as it was saw as a great honour to die in war. Themes/feelings: regret, shame, patriotism Links to power and conflict: The mental conflict within the pilots mind which was caused by the war/conflict caused by memory/power of nature that persuades him too return Compare with: Poppies (conflict caused by memories) The prelude (power of nature) Language devices: similes/metaphors/sibilance/direct speech |
| Charge of the light brigade: Alfred Tennyson What is cotlb about? what are the key themes/feelings in cotlb? How does it link to power and conflict? what poems could it be compared with? what are the main language features? | Overview of cotlb: The poem is about a battle in the Crimean war (1853-1856) a misunderstanding meant the light brigade were ordered into a valley surrounded by the enemy which resulted in mass death. Themes: Admiration/patriotism/horror Links to power and conflict: The conflict resulted in a huge quantity of deaths/the power of senior officers lead to the death of the soldiers Compare with: poppies/remains/war photographer (effects of conflict) bayonet charge/exposure (reality of war) language features: violent language/repetition/onomatopoeia/rhythm |
| Checking out me history: John Agard what is comh about? what are the key themes and feelings? How does it link to power and conflict? what poems could it be compared with? what are the main language features? | Overview of comh: The narrator is talking about his identity and how he was taught British history but not about his Caribbean roots, he questions why people don't know about other famous figures from different cultures. key themes: Anger/admiration/celebration Link to power and conflict: The power that history is having on his life/annoyed that history fails to mention other cultures Compare with : London (anger of both narrators) Tissue (identity/challenging authority) Language features: metaphors/repetition/colloquial language |
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