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15 Cards in this Set
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The Man He Killed Overall Meaning |
Deals with the pointlessness of war and is told by a working class solider |
Pointless |
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The Man He Killed Context |
Victorian Novelist And poet Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 in Dorset and died in 1928. Father was a stonemason and he was meant to follow in his footsteps but he ended up not doing it as mother encouraged him to take in a literary interest. Written in 1902 time of boer war |
1840-1928 |
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The Man He Killed Structural Devices with quotes and meanings |
Use of Dramatic Monologue, “was out of work”, makes the reader feel sympathy as he had to join war due to his circumstances
Enjambement, “had He and I met...” - shows that he feels strongly about this and is trying to convince himself that he has done the right thing by killing his man
Straightforward title, “The Man He Killed”, shows what the poem is about and keeps the reader wondering about this man who got killed |
Convince |
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The Man He Killed Language Devices with quotes and meanings |
Imagery, “And killed him in his place” - makes the reader feel like they are there and causes them to feel empathy for the writer
Repetition, “he was my foe.. my foe of course” - shows he is trying to convince himself that he was a bad person
Use of hesitant, “he thought he’d list perhaps” - shows how he is imaging what could have occurred but because of the situation won’t |
Hesitant |
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The Man He Killed Tone Past or present tense |
Tone of confusion as he is confused whether he did the right thing
Past tense to show he is still dwelling on what has occurred |
Happened |
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The Charge of the Light Brigade Overall Meaning |
To celebrate the brave soldiers who went into the Criman war and died |
Death |
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The Charge of the Light Brigade Context |
Went in war and all died. Criman War was from 1854 to 1856 and it was between Britain and France vs Russia |
1854-1856 |
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The Charge of the Light Brigade Structural Devices with quotes and meanings |
Enjambement, “into the valley of death...” shows the bravery of the soldiers as they went to fight
Straightforward title, “The Charge of the Light Brigade” celebrates the British Army and the stupidity of war |
Keep going |
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The Charge of the Light Brigade Language Devices with quotes and meanings |
Plosives sounds, “half a league”, shows how it was very loud there and makes the reader understand how brave these soldiers were
Repetition, “rode the six hundred” - emphasises how not one man was left and that there was this many brave soldiers and shows how it is easy to remember
Metaphor, “jaws of death” - creates a sense of imagery and shows how brave they are for carrying on into it without fear
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Death |
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The Charge of the Light Brigade Tone Past or present tense |
Tone is one of happiness but slight sadness as they are dead now
Wrote in the past tense to show it has occurred and shows how proud they are |
Had |
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War Photographer Overall Meaning |
About war and affects it has on the children as modern wars happen in cities |
Children |
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War Photographer Context |
Interested in our frigility trying to survive in this world. Doesn’t shy away from painful subjects. Goes in depth about people’s lives as it brings tension. Poem is written in 1987. During several wars not specific eg civil war in Uganda |
1987 |
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War Photographer Structural Devices with quotes and meanings |
Free verse, “. As when at Ascot once” - free verse is showing how there is not structure to life and it is not as simple as people think.
Enjambement, “the reassurance of the frame is flexiable” - shows how the photographer is trying to show people what really happens in the world however no one is listening causing him to get frustrated |
Frustration |
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War Photographer Language Devices with quotes and meanings |
Use of alliteration, “sun-glided girls” - shows how people are enjoying themselves while others are fighting for survival
Siblance, “shattered the stones”, showing the harsh sounds around people and the evil in the world
Imagery, “mouth too small for her dark scream, began to run...” - shows how a child so small is in so much pain which should not be happening, the ... shows how it keeps reader wondering about what happened to child |
Sssssss |
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War Photographer Tone Past or Present tense |
Tone is one of sadness and frustration as no one will listen
Mixture as the first and last stanza are in present tense while the others are in past showing his care for the unfortunate |
Had and have |