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Who are the two voices in the

poem, Ozymandias?

What form does the poem,

Ozymandias, take?

Does the poem, London,

contain mostly positive or

negative language?

What language

technique is used in

the following line of

London?

‘The mind-forg’d manacles I

hear’

What does the speaker do at

the beginning of Extract from

The Prelude?

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Poem

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The voices are that of

the traveller, and that of

Ozymandias.

The poem’s form is a sonnet.

The poem contains mostly

negative language.

The language technique used

in this line is a metaphor.

At the beginning of the

poem, the speaker finds a

boat and takes it out on a

lake.

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Poem

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My

Last

Duc

hess

Poem

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Lig

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In what verse form is Extract

from The Prelude written?

Who is the subject of the

portrait that the Duke talks

about in My Last Duchess?

What does the use of

possessive pronouns suggest

about the Duke in My Last

Duchess?

What does the rhythm used

in The Charge of the Light

Brigade symbolise?

The Charge of the Light

Brigade is based on a real

event from which war?

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Poem

Ove

rvie

ws 1

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trac

t fro

m T

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My

Last

Duc

hess

Poem

Ove

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em O

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Char

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em O

verv

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he

Char

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Lig

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The poem is written in

iambic pentameter.

The Duke talks about a

portrait of his late wife.

The use of possessive

pronouns suggest the

Duke’s narcissism and pride

in himself.

The rhythm used in the poem

symbolises the sound of hoof-

beats: the charge itself.

The poem is based on a real

event from the Crimean War.






Poem

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Expo

sure

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land

Poem

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One of the themes of

Exposure

does nihilism mean?

What is the setting of the

poem, Exposure?

What extended metaphor is

present throughout Storm on

the Island?

Who is the speaker in Storm

on the Island?

What does the speaker of

Bayonet Charge describe in

the first few lines?

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Poem

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Expo

sure

Poem

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orm

on

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Isla

ndPo

em O

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Stor

m o

n th

e Is

land

Poem

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Nihilism means extreme

negativity: the belief that

nothing in life has any value

or meaning.

The poem is set at the front

line in the trenches during

World War I.

The poem contains an

extended metaphor of a

military attack.

The speaker is one of the

islanders.

The poem’s speaker describes

a terrified soldier running

across the battlefield during a

bayonet charge.






is nihilism. What

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Poem

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Rem

ains

Poem

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ppie

sPo

em O

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Popp

ies

Who wrote Bayonet Charge?

What do you think was his

inspiration for writing it?

What memory haunts

the speaker of the poem,

Remains?

What does the final line of

Remains suggest?

Who is the speaker in the

poem, Poppies?

What is significant

about the title of the poem,

Poppies, when considering its

subject matter?

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Poem

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yone

t Cha

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Poem

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Rem

ains

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Popp

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Ted Hughes wrote Bayonet

Charge. His father was a

World War I veteran.

The speaker is haunted by the

memory of his involvement in

the shooting of an Iraqi looter.

The final line suggests that

the soldier feels responsible

for what happened and

cannot erase the memory. He

may be suffering from PTSD.

The speaker is a mother, whose son has left home to join the army.

Poppies are symbolic of those

who have died in war.






Poem

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ar P

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her

Poem

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ar P

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Poem

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ssue

Poem

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ssue

Poem

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igré

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Who wrote the poem, War

Photographer?

What kind of imagery is used

in War Photographer?

What is the overall meaning

of the poem, Tissue?

What language technique is

used to imitate the layering

of paper in Tissue?

In what person is The

Emigrée written?

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Poem

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ar P

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grap

her

Poem

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ar P

hoto

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her

Poem

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ssue

Poem

Ove

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ssue

Poem

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e Em

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Carol Ann Duffy wrote War

Photographer.

The poem uses religious

imagery in the form of similes.

The poem is a train of

thought about the fragility

of human existence.

The layering of paper is

imitated by the use of

repetition.

The poem is written in the

first person.






Poem

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Kam

ikaz

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Chec

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Out

Me

His

tory

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What does the speaker tell

us in the first line of The

Emigrée?

What were kamikaze?

What do the italicised

lines in the poem,

Kamikaze, represent?

Which three

prominent figures of black

history does Checking Out Me

History talk about?

Why do you think non-

is used in

Checking Out Me History?

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Chec

king

Out

Me

His

tory

Poem

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The speaker tells us that she

left her home country when

she was a child.

Kamikaze were suicide attacks

made by Japanese airmen

during the Second World War.

The italicised lines represent

the mother’s direct speech.

The poem talks about

Toussaint L’Overture, Nanny

de Maroon and Mary Seacole.

The speaker uses non-Standard

English to highlight his own

culture and its difference from

the history of white culture

that he was taught.






Standard English

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