quotes

• 'enough fuel for a one way journey in history'

  from kamikaze

  the language technique is metaphor

  implies he is immortalised with respect

  explains the significance of act and honour it could bring
• 'might fly our lives like paper kites'

  from tissue

  the language technique is simile

  implies that our lives cant always be controlled

  the word 'kite' represents humans
• 'we are prepared: we build our houses apart'

  from storm on the island

  the caesura reinforces confidence

  demonstrates the certainty that they are safe

  the strong opening emphasises confidence and creates a sense of security
• 'cannon to the right of them, cannon to the left of them'

  from charge of the light brigade

  the language technique is repetition

  shows how the fates is inescapable

  highlights the violence
• 'released a song bird from its cage'

  from poppies

  the language technique is symbolism

  the birds symbolise freedom

  reflects her desire for freedom and independence
• 'the grim shape toward up between me and the stars'

  from extract from the prelude

  the language technique is personification

  the personification implies nature is dangerous and uncontrollable

  Williams confidence has disappeared as there is no more power

  implies natures power and influence
• 'he stares impassively at where he earns his living and they do not care'

  from war photographer

  explains work becomes meaningless

  the word 'impassively' suggest photographer is numb

  implies feeling guilty for making money of all the suffering
• 'that's my last duchess painted on the wall'

  from my last duchess

  the possession of 'my' implies the duchess is a property

  demonstrates objection of women this is typical of 16th century
• 'half sunk, a shattered visage lies'

  from Ozymandias

  the language technique is metaphor

  reinforces idea of power is transient and feeling

  shows power of nature, it has taken over

  the word 'shattered' symbolises power has been obliterated and lost to nature
• 'marks in every face i meet, marks of weakness, marks of woe'

  from London

  the language technique is repetition

  the word 'mark' stresses how indelicate suffering was

  implies London has the branded look of poverty
• 'i swear i see every round as it rips through his life'

  from remains

  the language technique is graphic imagery

  'his life' shows the person thinking of more than physical damage inflected

  the word 'rips' highlights brutality nature of war

  it contrasts to previous vagueness
• 'he lugged a rifle as numb as a smashed arm'

  from bayonet charge

  the language technique is simile

  suggest rifle is useless

  emphasise how vulnerable he is

  foreshadows injuries he gains as a result of war
• 'our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knife us'

  from exposure

  the language technique is sibilance and personification

  the sibilance highlights intensity of pain and brutality of weather

  there is onomatopoeic sounds of wind

  the weather is menacing and deadly

  the personification characterises the weather
• 'i comb its hair and love its shining eyes'

  from the emigree

  the language technique is personification

  there is patriotic connotations

  suggests a childish image, conjuring up images of innocence

  intensifies sense of speaker love and affection towards the city
• 'bandage up my eye with me own history'

  from checking out me history

  the language technique is metaphor

  the metaphor shows not learning about or celebrating history

  the connotation of violence and restriction

  explains the pain cause by not learning their significant history