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Flashcards by siansmith97, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by siansmith97
almost 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Bayonet Charge | un metred verse realism brutality of war individual experience broken momentum war destroys patriotism personified war war destroys nature hare metaphor for soldier |
| Charge Of The Light Brigade | dimetres- 2 stressed symbols horse hoof rhythm metred verse idealistic nobility of war/glorious patriotism collective experience fast momentum brutality of war Crimean War violent/heroic language admiration of soldiers memorialize middle of war capitalise death emphasis on deaths vivid descriptions |
| Flag | anti-patriotism regular tercets (flag shape) flag brings war and death rhyming couplet loss of conscience |
| Out of the Blue | underwater imagery present continuous verbs four line verese (regular) caesura |
| The Right Word | self fulfilling prophecy irregular structure metaphor of door dependent viewpoints society acceptance |
| At the Border 1979 | idealistic rose-tinted views child/adult perspective juxtaposition nature remains humans change chain metaphor patriotism divisions create unrelisticness artificial border- prejudice |
| Poppies | loose structure free verse- grief metaphor of birds ambiguous- loss is felt whatever enjambment- absorbed in thought metaphor of poppies metaphor of treasure chest affects on mother separated contrast of childhood and war ambiguous |
| Futility | broken sonnet half-rhymes break rhythm personified sun- nature powerful but helpless in war existential crisis war is pointless waste of human life individual- wider effects on world anger at war stanza begins with commands physical to philosophical biblical language life is unsustainable |
| Come On, Come Back | timeless perpetual nature- tides war cripples- ominous took her mind- personal desires calm nature Austerlitz- littered with war futuristic war war is embedded in humans can't retireve future from past soldiers divided with similarities grives her mind patriotism creates divisions innocence challenges divisions |
| Hawk Roosting | pro-war politicians cause conflict anthropomorphism omnipotent pinnacle of creation metaphor of hawk- leader lost in power 4 line stanzas powerful- won't allow inevitable change apparent facts- full stops enjambment- enjoys power |
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