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Percy Shelley (1792-1822) is one of the most famous poets of all time. He was part of an influential group of poets known as The Romantics. Shelley had a pretty wild early life. He came from a very wealthy family and was in line to inherit a fortune. However, Oxford University expelled him for writing about atheism and, as a result, his father later disinherited him. At around the same time he married and eloped to the Lake District. A few years later he set off around Europe with a different woman, Mary Shelley (who would go on to write Frankenstein). Percy Shelley later drowned while on a sailing trip to Italy. Blake uses repetition to emphasise important points. “Charter’d” is repeated in the first stanza to show how everything in the city is owned by the rich and powerful. The repetition of “Marks” in stanza two shows the physical marks and scars on people due to their living conditions. It also has a double meaning as it could suggest the speaker recording (or ‘marking’) what he saw on the journey through London. The core image in this poem is that of the huge statue which now lies in ruins. Shelley creates a really effective image for the reader, with the remains surrounded by desert. This emphasises the fact that the once great power of Ozymadias has completely gone. Themes Finally the landscape is described further with the use of sibilance (the repetition of soft consonants – in this case an ‘s’). ‘Sun-stunned, sand-smothered land’ emphasises the alien environment for the soldier and the distance from which the event still haunts him. Themes
There are few individual language techniques in this poem (other than a few similes/ metaphors), but there is an extended metaphor linking paper to skin and to life. Dharker consistently refers to the important uses we have for paper, ‘the Koran’, ‘maps’ and ‘slips from grocery shops’ and then introduces the idea of architects building with paper. She ends by suggesting the structures built of paper are actually us – ‘thinned to be transparent, turned into our skin’. Themes At first glance the poem is in four fairly regular stanzas, with short 6 line opening and closing stanzas and longer 11 and 12 line middle stanzas. There are, however, a lot of caesuras(pauses in the middle of lines marked by punctuation) and enjambment (where lines run on) creating an uneven rhythm. It’s clear that Weir has done this to reflect the grief of the speaker and the irregular nature of her memories as she tries to remain calm, while dealing with the raw emotion of loss.
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Finally, in stanza 6 Tennyson ends with a rhetorical question “When can their glory fade?” and repetition of the word “honour” to hammer home his praise of the soldiers’ bravery. Imagery The poem is set a few years after the death of the Duchess. We only hear the words of the Duke, but it is clear that this is one side of a conversation. In fact this conversation was with an emissary from the Count of Tyrol, who was the father of the Duke’s next wife. In the poem the Duke suggests the Duchess had been unfaithful to him and he implies that he had her killed as a result. The Duke looks arrogant, insensitive and selfish. Through the comments he makes about his late wife the reader actually learns more about the nasty character of the Duke. Form and Structure Power –the power of paper in our lives to record events, ideas and memories. The poem even suggests paper has the power to change the course of our lives.
The power of memory is linked to several of the other key themes, as is the related idea of loss. It can explore: There are practice questions and exam-style questions at the end of each section, and the book is rounded off with plenty of detailed exam advice, including a section specifically focused on targeting those top 8-9 Grades. What's more, we’ve also included top tips based on real Examiner's Reports , so students know exactly what markers are looking for! How an individual’s power, pride and arrogance can lead someone to abuse their power or lead to their downfallii. 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. Social pressure –the pilot is first pressured into the mission and is then disowned by his family for returning. The social pressure created by propaganda has enabled this. Conflict and war in their literal sense, but also as a metaphor for the conflict between what is expected and what one desires In 2007 Armitage made a programme for Channel 4 called ‘The Not Dead’. He also wrote a collection of poems (including Remains) under the same title. In preparation Armitage interviewed a number of soldiers who had fought in wars, including the Gulf War. Remainsseems to relate to the Gulf War as he mentions ‘desert sand’. Content
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