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Ozymandias
The voices are that of
Who are the two voices in the
the traveller, and that of
poem, Ozymandias?
Ozymandias.

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Ozymandias

Ozymandias
What form does the poem,
The poem’s form is a sonnet.
Ozymandias, take?

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London

London

Does the poem, London,

The poem contains mostly
contain mostly positive or
negative language.
negative language?

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What language
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the following line of

London

London

The language technique used

London?
in this line is a metaphor.
‘The mind-forg’d manacles I
hear’

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Extract from The Prelude

Extract from The Prelude

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At the beginning of the

What does the speaker do at
poem, the speaker finds a
the beginning of Extract from
boat and takes it out on a
The Prelude?
lake.

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Extract from The Prelude

Extract from The Prelude

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In what verse form is Extract The poem is written in

from The Prelude written? iambic pentameter.

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My Last Duchess

My Last Duchess
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Who is the subject of the

The Duke talks about a
portrait that the Duke talks
portrait of his late wife.
about in My Last Duchess?

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My Last Duchess

My Last Duchess

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What does the use of The use of possessive

possessive pronouns suggest pronouns suggest the
about the Duke in My Last Duke’s narcissism and pride
Duchess? in himself.

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Charge of the Light Brigade Charge of the Light Brigade

Charge of the Light Brigade Charge of the Light Brigade

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What does the rhythm used The rhythm used in the poem
in The Charge of the Light symbolises the sound of hoof-
Brigade symbolise? beats: the charge itself.

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The Charge of the Light

The poem is based on a real
Brigade is based on a real
event from the Crimean War.
event from which war?

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Nihilism means extreme

Exposure

Exposure
One of the themes of
negativity: the belief that
Exposure is nihilism. What
nothing in life has any value
does nihilism mean?
or meaning.

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Exposure

Exposure
The poem is set at the front
What is the setting of the
line in the trenches during
poem, Exposure?
World War I.

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Storm on the Island

Storm on the Island

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What extended metaphor is The poem contains an

present throughout Storm on extended metaphor of a
the Island? military attack.

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Storm on the Island

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Who is the speaker in Storm The speaker is one of the

on the Island? islanders.

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Bayonet Charge

Bayonet Charge

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The poem’s speaker describes

What does the speaker of
a terrified soldier running
Bayonet Charge describe in
across the battlefield during a
the first few lines?
bayonet charge.

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Bayonet Charge
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Who wrote Bayonet Charge? Ted Hughes wrote Bayonet

What do you think was his Charge. His father was a
inspiration for writing it? World War I veteran.

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Remains

Remains
What memory haunts The speaker is haunted by the
the speaker of the poem, memory of his involvement in
Remains? the shooting of an Iraqi looter.

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The final line suggests that
Remains

Remains

the soldier feels responsible

What does the final line of
for what happened and
Remains suggest?
cannot erase the memory. He
may be suffering from PTSD.

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Poppies

Poppies

The speaker is a mother,

Who is the speaker in the
whose son has left home to
poem, Poppies?
join the army.

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What is significant
Poppies

Poppies

about the title of the poem, Poppies are symbolic of those

Poppies, when considering its who have died in war.
subject matter?

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War Photographer

War Photographer
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Who wrote the poem, War Carol Ann Duffy wrote War
Photographer? Photographer.

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War Photographer
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What kind of imagery is used The poem uses religious

in War Photographer? imagery in the form of similes.

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The poem is a train of

Tissue

Tissue

What is the overall meaning

thought about the fragility
of the poem, Tissue?
of human existence.

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What language technique is The layering of paper is

Tissue

Tissue

used to imitate the layering imitated by the use of

of paper in Tissue? repetition.

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The Emigrée

The Emigrée

In what person is The The poem is written in the

Emigrée written? first person.

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The Emigrée
What does the speaker tell The speaker tells us that she
us in the first line of The left her home country when
Emigrée? she was a child.

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Kamikaze

Kamikaze
Kamikaze were suicide attacks
What were kamikaze? made by Japanese airmen
during the Second World War.

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Kamikaze

Kamikaze

What do the italicised

The italicised lines represent
lines in the poem,
the mother’s direct speech.
Kamikaze, represent?

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Checking Out Me History

Checking Out Me History

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Which three
The poem talks about
prominent figures of black
Toussaint L’Overture, Nanny
history does Checking Out Me
de Maroon and Mary Seacole.
History talk about?

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Checking Out Me History

Checking Out Me History

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The speaker uses non-Standard
Why do you think non- English to highlight his own
Standard English is used in culture and its difference from
Checking Out Me History? the history of white culture
that he was taught.

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