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Blake describes a journey through London and describes the awful living conditions that the speaker sees across the city. At the start, the poem criticises the laws around ownership referring to the “charter’d Thames’ and the ‘charter’d street”. Here Blake refers to how the rich and powerful own everything in London. Blake goes on to criticise the church for not doing enough to help the poor. The final stanza discusses the horrors of prostitution and sexually transmitted disease. Form and Structure The poem covers some big themes about “man, nature and society”. Wordsworth is exploring his own spiritual growth as he comes to terms with who he is and what his place is in the world, particularly in relation to the natural world and its power.At face value the poem describes how Wordsworth went out in a boat on a lake, late at night, alone, and how the awesome sights of natural power (e.g. the mountain peak) affected him. The experience then troubles him and causes him to reflect over the coming days. Form and Structure

How an individual’s power, pride and arrogance can lead someone to abuse their power or lead to their downfall ii. You may use the Service and any titles for your own personal use, including but not limited to study, classroom teaching, lesson planning or in-school training. The poem has 8 stanzas, each with 5 lines. The final line of each stanza is very short to add emphasis to its message. The final lines are either the repeated phrase, “But nothing happens”, or a rhetorical question. Both show the despair of the soldiers and the pointlessness of their situation. The rhythm adds to this message. It breaks down at various points, particularly in the final short lines of each stanza. You only hear the speaker’s own words for the first line and a half up to the colon. After that the words are those of the traveller. The poem is one 14-line stanza, split up with plenty of punctuation. Rhyme Corruption = a form of dishonesty undertaken by a person or organisation in a position of authority

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The theme of power and corruption is evident in many of the poems in the anthology, both on an individual and a state level. It can explore: In ‘War Photographer’, the protagonist appears to have become inured and desensitised to the horrors of war. For instance, the alliteration / sibilance “spools of suffering” is rhythmically read aloud with ease and almost rolls off the tongue, implying that, perhaps due to experience, this process has become instinctive. Alternatively, “he” is no longer affected by it, despite there being large quantities (“spools”) of presumably quite lurid (“suffering”) imagery before him. This sense is compounded by the simile “as though…he a priest preparing to intone a Mass”. This simile signifies that he is acting out of a solemn duty, as a priest would, performing a ritual that may not be pleasant, but must be done regardless. Such a sacrifice would be salient to the reader and elicit much gratitude and sympathy, which could have been the objective of Duffy, who is friends with people (McCullin and Griffiths) who specialise in war photography and have struggled with what they have witnessed. Throughout the poem Armitage uses colloquial language to make it seem as though the speaker is directly telling us his story. Phrases like, ‘On another occasion’, ‘legs it up the road’ and ‘end of story’ suggest the poem is in spoken English. ‘On another occasion’ also suggests the speaker has been through many similarly bad experiences. The phrase ‘probably armed, possibly not’ repeats to show how this guilt haunts him.

Imtiaz Dharker is a modern poet and film/ documentary director. She was born in Pakistan and grew up in Scotland. Her poems usually consider ideas about identity; the role of women in society; and finding meaning in life. She often considers multiculturalism in her work. ContentGarland uses relatively natural language that we might use every day. There are still some important literary techniques to highlight the pilot’s experiences and the thoughts of his daughter.

There are eight stanzas. All but the last of the stanzas are fairly regular quatrains (a stanza of four lines) with no real rhyme. The final stanza is only two lines. This abrupt end stands out and emphasises how the soldier cannot stop thinking about killing the man. It also links to the ‘drink and drugs’ in suggesting that the speaker is losing control and is mentally unwell. The poem is split roughly in half. The first four stanzas cover the event, while the last four stanzas describe the effects on the speaker. Beatrice Garland has not directly experienced any of the things she talks about in this poem. She has, however, said:“I spend a lot of the day listening to other people’s worlds”. In KamikazeGarland reflects on one of these worlds. Kamikaze pilots flew suicide missions for the Japanese Empire at the end of the Second World War. Their missions were to crash into allied ships. There was a strong social pressure on the pilots and their families to carry out these Kamikaze missions. The poem explores these pressures. This is also relevant in the modern world as terrorists use suicide missions in modern conflicts. Content It is also interesting that despite the detailed description of the shooting, we do not know the names or any real details about the speaker and his two comrades. The use of: ‘somebody else and somebody else’ and ‘three of a kind’ shows us how this could be any soldier. They would all have had very similar, horrifying experiences. This book can also be bought as a standalone Online Edition — we'll send you a code to redeem immediately.

You are responsible for ensuring that, prior to the use of the Service by your employees, agents or students, all such parties are notified of and agree to the terms of this Agreement. Words associated with movement also appear regularly in the first stanza, “running” and “stumbling”, to show how the soldier is constantly charging over the course of the poem. We see how difficult his progress is because of the “raw-seamed hot khaki” (Khaki was a type of clothing worn by soldiers) and the “field of clods”. The soldier’s effort and increasing terror is further shown by the use of words like “suddenly”, “running”, “sweat heavy”, “lugged” and “sweating”. Both ‘Remains’ by Simon Armitage and ‘War Photographer’ by Carol Ann Duffy explore the emotional, physical and psychological impacts on the poems’ subjects, as a result of war.

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Although the rhyme scheme isn’t completely regular it is quite powerful in places. For example the final words of line one and three (land / sand) rhyme and so do the first and last words of line three (stand /sand). This use of rhyme adds emphasis and creates a powerful image of the shattered statue.Similarly the rhyme in lines 12 and 14 (decay / away) end the poem with a sense of emptiness and destruction. Imagery The power of places– the poem emphasises the power that places can have over us. This has a literal meaning as well as a metaphorical meaning of something lost. Towards the end of the poem Weir introduces images of the songbird and the dove. The speaker ‘released a song bird from its cage’ as a metaphor for sending her son off to join the army and fight. Later – when the focus has shifted to the mother’s visit to the war memorial – ‘the dove pulled freely against the sky, an ornamental stitch’. This is open to interpretation and you should have a think about what your take on it is. The dove symbolises peace. Weir may be using the dove as a metaphor for the death of the son and the final peace he has found in death. Themes iv. You may not sub-licence, assign, rent, lease or transfer your accesses. 3. Accessing CGP Online Editions

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