Poems

• Name 4 quotes for Remains:

  • all of the same mind
  • tosses his guts back into his body
  • the drink and the drugs won't flush him out
  • his bloody life in my bloody hands
• Name the author of Remains and context:

  • The author's name is Armitage
  • wanted to raise awareness on PTSD
  • impact on soldiers after the war psychologically
• Poems to compare to Remains:

  • Poppies through grief
  • Charge of the Light Brigade through blind obedience
  • Bayonet Charge through humanising soldiers
  • War Photographer through guilt
• Name 4 quotes for War Photographer:

  • spools of suffering set out in ordered rows
  • running children in a nightmare heat
  • half-formed ghost
  • they do not care
• Name the author of War Photographer and context:

  • The author's name is Duffy
  • personally knew war photographers
  • duty is challenging yet holds a sense of responsibility despite hopelessness
• Poems to compare to War Photographer:

  • Remains through guilt
  • Charge of the Light Brigade through duty
• Name 4 quotes for Bayonet Charge:

  • patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye
  • cold clockwork of the stars and the nations
  • threw up a yellow hare that rolled like a flame
  • his terror's touchy dynamite
• Name the author of Bayonet Charge and context:

  • The author's name is Hughes
  • grew up in a post-war era
  • inspired by Owen and father who was a soldier
• Poems to compare to Bayonet Charge:

  • Exposure through nature Vs humanity
  • Remains through humanising soldiers
  • Charge of the Light Brigade through patriotism
• Name 4 quotes for The Charge of the Light Brigade:

  • Rode the six hundred
  • Into the valley of Death
  • Theirs not to reason why
  • When can their glory fade?
• Name the author of The Charge of the Light Brigade and context:

  • The author's name is Tennyson
  • miscommunication in Crimean war due to the fault of higher-ups
  • criticism for their unnecessary deaths
• Poems to compare to The Charge of the Light Brigade:

  • Exposure through being abandoned by authority
  • War Photographer through duty
  • Bayonet Charge through patriotism
  • Remains through blind obedience
• Name 4 quotes for Kamikaze:

  • but halfway there
  • figure of eight
  • flashing silver as their bellies
  • which had been the better way to die
• Name the author of Kamikaze and context:

  • The author's name is Garland
  • conflict in family relationships
  • society expectations Vs individuality
• Poems to compare to Kamikaze:

  • Poppies through family relationships
  • The Prelude through nature
  • Checking Out Me History through culture/origins
• Name 4 quotes for Poppies:

  • I pinned one to your lapel
  • rounded up as many white cat hairs
  • intoxicated
  • your playground voice catching on the wind
• Name the author of Poppies and context:

  • The author's name is Weir
  • soldiers still dying in Afghanistan and Iraq
  • wanted to show mother's grief as a mother herself
• Poems to compare to Poppies:

  • Kamikaze through family relationships
  • Remains through mental conflict
• Name 4 quotes for London:

  • charter'd Thames does flow
  • mind-forg'd manacles
  • blackening Church appalls
  • Marriage hearse
• Name the author of London and context:

  • The author's name is Blake
  • inspired by the French Revolution
  • saw negative impacts on the poor during the Industrial Revolution
• Poems to compare to London:

  • Ozymandias through corrupt power
  • My Last Duchess through affects of abusing power
  • Tissue through humanity being the source of suffering
  • Checking Out Me History through oppression of marginalized groups
• Name 4 quotes for Ozymandias:

  • sneer of cold command
  • My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings
  • nothing beside remains
  • lone and level sands stretch far away
• Name the author of Ozymandias and context:

  • The author's name is Shelley
  • inspired by Ramesses II
  • supported social justice and anti-monarchy
• Poems to compare to Ozymandias:

  • London through corrupt power
  • My Last Duchess through cruelty
  • The Prelude through humanity underestimating nature
  • Storm on the Island through the power of nature
  • Checking Out Me History through loss of identity
• Name 4 quotes for My Last Duchess:

  • none puts by the curtain I have drawn for you
  • a heart -how shall I say?- too soon made glad
  • my gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name
  • I gave commands then all smiles stopped together
• Name the author of My Last Duchess and context:

  • The author's name is Browning
  • criticism of the Victorian view of women
  • inspired by Alfonzo II, Duke of Ferrara
• Poems to compare to My Last Duchess:

  • Ozymandias through cruelty
  • London through affects of abusing power
• Name 4 quotes for Storm on the Island:

  • we are prepared
  • no trees, no natural shelter
  • spits like a tame cat turned savage
  • a huge nothing that we fear
• Name the author of Storm on the Island and context:

  • The author's name is Heaney
  • inspired by terrorist attacks in Northern Ireland
  • grew up in the countryside
• Poems to compare to Storm on the Island:

  • Ozymandias through the power of nature
  • The Prelude through humans learning to fear nature
  • Exposure through nature causing human suffering
• Name 4 quotes for Exposure:

  • our brains ache
  • but nothing happens
  • all closed: on us the doors are closed
  • for love of God seems dying
• Name the author of Exposure and context:

  • The author's name is Owen
  • was a soldier during WW1
  • suffered from PTSD
• Poems to compare to Exposure:

  • The Prelude through the power of nature
  • Bayonet Charge through soldiers facing the reality of war
  • Charge of the Light Brigade through being abandoned by authority
  • Storm on the Island through humans Vs nature
• Name 4 quotes for The Prelude:

  • an act of stealth and troubled pleasure
  • the horizon's utmost boundary
  • grim shape towered up between me and the stars
  • no familiar shapes remained
• Name the author of The Prelude and context:

  • The author's name is Wordsworth
  • inspired by the beauty of nature in Lake District
  • criticism of human arrogance and to realise insignificance
• Poems to compare to The Prelude:

  • Exposure through the power of nature
  • Storm on the Island through humans learning to fear nature
  • Ozymandias through humanity underestimating nature
• Name 4 quotes for The Emigree:

  • there was once a country
  • I am branded by an impression of sunlight
  • like a hollow doll
  • my shadow falls as evidence of sunlight
• Name the author of The Emigree and context:

  • The author's name is Rumens
  • travelled a lot and was exposed to many cultures
  • links to refugee crisis
• Poems to compare to The Emigree:

  • Checking Out Me History through connection of culture
• Name 4 quotes for Tissue:

  • how easily they fall away on a sigh
  • fly our lives like paper kites
  • raise a structure never meant to last
  • turned into your skin