Quotations

Question 1

3 quotations from ozymandias and explain them

Answer 1

1. “two vast and trunkless legs of stone”
   - statue is huge but incomplete, metaphor for loss of power
2. “sneer of cold command”
   - he was an arrogant and harsh ruler
3. “my name is ozymandias - king of kings”
   - biblical-style arrogance, he sees himself more superior to others

Question 2

3 quotations from London

Answer 2

1. “I wander through each chartered street”
   - chartered means owned, even the streets and controlled showing loss of freedom
2. “marks of weakness, marks of woe”
   - repetition of “marks” emphasises how suffering is visible, everyone is affected
3. “black’ning church”
   - the church should help people but its ‘black’ning’ - a symbol of corruption and hypocrisy

Question 3

3 quotations from the prelude

Answer 3

1. “one summer evening (led by her)
   - personifying nature as a women, romantic ideas of harmony between man and nature
2. “act of stealth”
   - early signs guilt, the pleasure of rebellion mixed with unease foreshadowing punishment
3. “trouble to my dreams”
   - metaphor, the experience haunts him nature has permanently altered his understanding

Question 4

3 quotations from my last duchess

Answer 4

1. “thats my last duchess”
   - possessive and controlling towards her
2. “in speech - (which I have not)”
   - accidentally reveals his weakness, not a good speaker
3. “I gave commands”
   - didn’t kill her himself, he gave commands

Question 5

3 quotations from the charge of the light brigade

Answer 5

1. “valley of death”
   - one way journey, death is inevitable
2. “rode the 6 hundred”
   - repetition shows bravery and heroism of the soldiers
3. “mouth of hell”
   - guaranteed death, sabres are not a match to guns

Question 6

3 quotations from exposure

Answer 6

1. “flowing flakes that flock”
   - fricative, mimics artillery
2. “misery of dawn”
   - oxymoron, contrast of new and monotony, everyday feels the same
3. “for love of God seems dying”
   - losing their faith, God isn’t on their side

Question 7

3 quotations from storm on the island

Answer 7

1. “exploding comfortably”
   - oxymoron, safety vs fear
2. “space is a salvo”
   - military language
3. “like a tame cat”
   - someone or something you know turned against you, simile

Question 8

3 quotations from bayonet charge

Answer 8

1. “hot khaki, his sweat heavy”
   - “h” imitates the heavy breathing as he runs
2. “bullets smacking the belly out of the air”
   - violent imagery and onomatopoeia describes the sound and impacts of the shots
3. “crawled in a threshing circle”
   - distressing image of an out of control movement, “threshing circle” is an agricultural term symbolising that nature is affected by war

Question 9

3 quotations from remains

Answer 9

1. “probably armed, possibly not”
   - modal verbs, assumption more likely to be that not, probability, colloquial
2. “as it rips through his life.”
   - caesura slows the pace, brutal, emphasises impact
3. “but I blink”
   - memory, PTSD, psychological impact

Question 10

colloquial meaning

Answer 10

informal

Question 11

2 quotations from poppies

Answer 11

1. “the world overflowing like a treasure chest”
   - simile, mother imagines how sons excitement, shows hope and possibility
2. “I traced the inscriptions on the war memorial”
   - suggests her sons name is one their, grief and remembrance

Question 12

2 quotations from tissue

Answer 12

1. “paper thinned by age or touching”
   - paper is fragile like human life
2. “let the daylight break through”
   - metaphor, daylight represents clarity, truth and freedom. we should allow more openness and honesty in the world

Question 13

whats the main message in tissue

Answer 13

you are the architect of your own life

Question 14

2 quotations from the emigree

Answer 14

1. “my shadow falls as evidence of sunlight”
   - juxtaposition, every bad part of her life is connected by positive memories
2. “I am branded by an impression of sunlight”
   - metaphor, branded suggests permanent, sunlight suggests warmth and hope