Remembrance/ grieving process–poppies symbolise remembrance and the dove symbolises peace. The reader gets a clear sense of the mother’s pain and loss. Shelley had quite radical views. One interpretation of Ozymandias is that the poem criticises people or organisations that become too big and powerful and think they can’t be challenged. Content

Simon Armitage is a famous modern poet from Yorkshire. His poetry tends to be approachable and colloquial in style. Armitage’s poetry often focuses on relationships, or personal feelings. A developed simile, ‘arcing in swathes like a huge flag waved first one way then the other… the dark shoals of fishes’, compares the ideas created by man to the natural world and what really matters in life. The patriotic (flag waving) Japanese military had persuaded the pilots and their families to believe that kamikaze missions were honourable. The fish, however, show the power of nature and that life is more important. Themes The poem has one 19 line stanza all in blank verse (lines that do not rhyme and have 5 beats per line). Blank verse makes poetry follow the style of natural spoken English, so it is as if the poet is talking directly to us. LanguageEnjambment (where lines run on from one to the next) appears quite regularly to show the sudden changes in the weather and the impact on the island, “when it blows full / Blast” and “tame cat / Turned savage”. Both of these examples add emphasis to the words “blast” and “savage”, showing the power of the storm.The violent language appearing here could also reflect the impact of the political divisions in Northern Ireland. For example, writing “Browning writes the poem in the form of a dramatic monologue” will not get you a mark. However, writing “Browning uses the form of a dramatic monologue to show the level of control the Duke has over his late duchess, even in death, as no one else has the opportunity to speak” will The Emigreedoes not use any rhyme. There is some rhythm to the lines, but this is a little changeable and isn’t fully established. This could be mirroring the speaker’s mind-set as they have a mix of emotions – positivity for their new home and the freedoms they enjoy, but also a longing to return to their homeland. Language and Imagery

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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 Owen uses inclusive pronouns throughout the poem, “our”, “us”, “we”. This shows the collective experience of all soldiers in the First World War. It also invites us to imagine that we are part of this group of soldiers, creating a sense of solidarity. Loss (physical and emotional)–the speaker is in mourning and deeply affected by the loss of her son in war. Referring to writer’s methods, or linguistic terminology, without linking it to a theme will not get you marks The initial rhythm makes it hard to read the poem without sounding like you’re riding on a charging horse. As with the stanza length, this then breaks down in stanzas 4 and 5 as the fighting dominates the action. Language

This overwhelming impact of war is also felt by the soldier in the poem ‘Remains’. Simon Armitage describes a soldier in Iraq who has shot someone (who was ‘possibly’ defenceless), and now cannot escape the memory of it. His mind forces him every day to see the ‘blood-shadow’ of the man he killed on his patrol. This is a metaphor for the stain left by the man's insides on the street, but the word ‘shadow’ reflects how the image is haunting the man like a shadow, as we can never get rid of them. Throughout the poem the adjectives used work with the structure to emphasise the delicacy of paper – ‘fine’, ‘thin’ and ‘transparent’. Alongside this, Dharker often refers to light and to its effects on the delicate paper. Repeated ideas like: ‘lets the light shine through’, ‘sun shines through’, ‘luminous’ and ‘daylight’ show how light illuminates the paper and how our uses for paper are dependent on light.The theme of the power of nature (and how human power interacts with the power of nature) is explored in some of the poems in the anthology. It can explore: Blake wrote London as a pessimistic poem reflecting his horror at the living conditions of ordinary people in the capital. He reflects on how the powerful institutions – the monarchy, aristocracy and church – have done nothing to alleviate the poverty and poor conditions. Extract from The Prelude (William Wordsworth) Context Alongside the metaphors, Rumens make use of a number of similes: ‘frontiers rise… like waves’, ‘docile as paper’ and ‘like a hollow doll’. Finally the city itself is personified as a visitor who comes to the speaker, ‘it lies down in front of me… I comb its hair and love its shining eyes.’ There may also be a double meaning in the final stanza when the ‘city comes to me on its own white plane’. As the city is personified, this refers to an aeroplane flying in to visit the speaker; but beneath that the ‘white plane’ could also refer to a sheet of paper, suggesting that the city now only exists in the words of the speaker. It could be an imaginary place or just somewhere that the speaker knows they will never see again.

Kamikazehas a fairly simple structure. There are seven stanzas, each with six lines. There is no rhyme and only a very basic rhythm. This simplicity means the reader focuses on the story itself and the tragedy of the events. The poem has only three sentences to give it the feeling of a story told orally. As we move between the sentences the speaker and time setting change as well. You need to think about what your interpretation is of why Garland has made these changes. Language and ImageryBrilliant – you have a convincing reason to mention this structure, as it is leading to really interesting interpretations of the mother. So this earns a high AO3 mark. Ozymandias is a sonnet, but it is slightly unusual as it doesn’t have the same rhyme scheme or punctuation that most sonnets use. In Ozymandias there is often an irregular rhyme and punctuation splits some of the lines.The poem is written in iambic pentameter. Structure