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    • What is the rhyme scheme of "A Poison Tree" by William Blake?

      AA BB rhyme scheme
    • What does the repetition of "wrath" in "A Poison Tree" signify?
      It shows growing anger
    • What literary device is used in "With smiles and smiles" from "A Poison Tree"?
      Sibilance illustrating emotion growing in secrecy
    • What metaphor is used in "A Poison Tree" and what does it link to?
      "Bore an apple" links to the Garden of Eden
    • What is the rhyme scheme of "The Destruction of Sennacherib" by Lord Byron?
      AA BB rhyme scheme
    • What does the simile "Like the wolf on the fold" illustrate in "The Destruction of Sennacherib"?
      It illustrates tension
    • What does the alliteration in "Angel of Death… face the foe" emphasize?
      Divine intervention
    • What does the simile "Melted like snow" convey in "The Destruction of Sennacherib"?
      It shows the sudden defeat of the Assyrian army
    • What is the form/structure of "Extract from the Prelude" by William Wordsworth?
      Blank verse
    • What does the oxymoron "A troubled pleasure" signify in "Extract from the Prelude"?
      It shows conflicting emotions
    • What does the repetition in "Huge peak, black and huge" emphasize in "Extract from the Prelude"?
      It emphasizes nature’s power
    • What does "No pleasant images of tree, sea, sky" convey in "Extract from the Prelude"?
      Nature’s threatening presence
    • What is the rhyme scheme of "The Man He Killed" by Thomas Hardy?
      ABAB rhyme scheme
    • What does the exclamation "Many a nipperkin!" illustrate in "The Man He Killed"?
      Potential for friendship in another context
    • What does "I shot at him… my foe" express in "The Man He Killed"?
      Guilt and confusion about killing
    • What does "Quaint and curious war is" convey in "The Man He Killed"?
      Anti-war sentiment, showing absurdity of war
    • What is the rhyme scheme of "Cousin Kate" by Christina Rossetti?
      ABCB rhyme scheme
    • What does the juxtaposition in "Plaything and his love" illustrate in "Cousin Kate"?
      Exploitation and mistreatment
    • What does "You grow more fair than I" express in "Cousin Kate"?
      Jealousy towards cousin Kate
    • What does the oxymoron "My son… my shame and pride" signify in "Cousin Kate"?
      Pride in her son despite societal shame
    • What is the form/structure of "Half-Caste" by John Agard?
      Free verse
    • What does the repetition in "Explain yourself what you mean by half-caste" express in "Half-Caste"?
      Anger at racism
    • What does the juxtaposition in "Tchaikovsky… black key and white" illustrate in "Half-Caste"?
      Mixing can create something beautiful
    • What does "The whole of your mind" criticize in "Half-Caste"?
      Narrow-mindedness of the racist
    • What is the rhyme scheme of "Exposure" by Wilfred Owen?
      ABBA rhyme scheme
    • What does the personification in "Merciless winds that knife us" convey in "Exposure"?
      Nature’s destructive role in war
    • What does the repetition in "Flakes… flop, pause, renew" illustrate in "Exposure"?
      Nature’s harshness
    • What does the irony in "But nothing happens" signify in "Exposure"?
      Futility of waiting in war
    • What is the form/structure of "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson?
      Dactylic diameter
    • What does the metaphor "Into the valley of death" reference in "The Charge of the Light Brigade"?
      Bravery
    • What does the alliteration in "Stormed at with shot and shell" show in "The Charge of the Light Brigade"?
      Horrific deaths
    • What does the exclamatory sentence "The noble six hundred" honor in "The Charge of the Light Brigade"?
      Their sacrifice
    • What is the form/structure of "Katrina" by Grace Nichols?
      Free verse
    • What does the declarative sentence "I can remember you" show in "Katrina"?
      Inner conflict
    • What does the enjambment in "Our struggle to become unjointed" illustrate in "Katrina"?
      Friction in letting go
    • What does the metaphor "Old rope tightening" illustrate in "Katrina"?
      Emotional pull between mother and daughter
    • What is the form/structure of "War Photographer" by Carol Ann Duffy?
      Free verse
    • What do the adjectives in "I seek out the tragic, the absurd" show in "War Photographer"?
      Photographer’s predatory nature
    • What does the sibilance in "Some gilded girls… small girls staggering" juxtapose in "War Photographer"?
      Suffering and comfort
    • What does the metaphor "Let out a dark scream" show in "War Photographer"?
      How war robs people of innocence
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