Flashcard-Style Summaries
Use these as two-sided prompts when you revise:
Ozymandias
Front: Theme of power’s impermanence?
Back: “Colossal wreck… boundless and bare” + irony of “Look on my works… and
despair!”
London
Front: How is oppression shown?
Back: “Mind-forged manacles,” “black’ning church,” anaphora of “In every…”
The Prelude (Extract)
Front: What is the volta’s effect?
Back: Shifts from tranquil “sparkling light” to terrifying “huge and mighty forms,”
personifying nature as threat.
My Last Duchess
Front: How does Browning reveal the Duke’s abuse of control?
Back: Dramatic monologue → “I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped
together” implies murder.
Charge of the Light Brigade
Front: How is duty glorified?
Back: Repetition of “Half a league…,” dactylic rhythm, refrain “Theirs but to do
and die.”
Exposure
Front: How does Owen portray war’s futility?
Back: Repetition “But nothing happens,” weather as “merciless iced east winds
that knive us.”
Storm on the Island
Front: How is fear characterised?
Back: Oxymoron “exploding comfortably,” military metaphors (“salvo,” “strafes”)
for nature’s assault.
Bayonet Charge
Front: How does Hughes convey panic?
Back: In media res, similes (“rifle numb as a smashed arm”), volta questioning
patriotism.
Remains
Front: How is guilt illustrated?
Back: Colloquial voice, graphic imagery (“his blood-shadow stays”), final couplet
“my bloody hands.”
Poppies
Front: Symbols of maternal grief?
Back: “Sellotape bandaged around my hand,” dove and songbird releases,
enjambment mirrors memory flow.
War Photographer
Front: What contrast highlights indifference?
Use these as two-sided prompts when you revise:
Ozymandias
Front: Theme of power’s impermanence?
Back: “Colossal wreck… boundless and bare” + irony of “Look on my works… and
despair!”
London
Front: How is oppression shown?
Back: “Mind-forged manacles,” “black’ning church,” anaphora of “In every…”
The Prelude (Extract)
Front: What is the volta’s effect?
Back: Shifts from tranquil “sparkling light” to terrifying “huge and mighty forms,”
personifying nature as threat.
My Last Duchess
Front: How does Browning reveal the Duke’s abuse of control?
Back: Dramatic monologue → “I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped
together” implies murder.
Charge of the Light Brigade
Front: How is duty glorified?
Back: Repetition of “Half a league…,” dactylic rhythm, refrain “Theirs but to do
and die.”
Exposure
Front: How does Owen portray war’s futility?
Back: Repetition “But nothing happens,” weather as “merciless iced east winds
that knive us.”
Storm on the Island
Front: How is fear characterised?
Back: Oxymoron “exploding comfortably,” military metaphors (“salvo,” “strafes”)
for nature’s assault.
Bayonet Charge
Front: How does Hughes convey panic?
Back: In media res, similes (“rifle numb as a smashed arm”), volta questioning
patriotism.
Remains
Front: How is guilt illustrated?
Back: Colloquial voice, graphic imagery (“his blood-shadow stays”), final couplet
“my bloody hands.”
Poppies
Front: Symbols of maternal grief?
Back: “Sellotape bandaged around my hand,” dove and songbird releases,
enjambment mirrors memory flow.
War Photographer
Front: What contrast highlights indifference?
