Summary Power & Conflict Comparision Table

Power & Conflict Anthology Comparison Table

Power Conflict Key
Poem Themes Perspective
Type Type Techniques

Legacy, Time vs. Irony,
Ozymandia Political, Detached,
arrogance, human juxtaposition,
s historical reflective
decay ambition sonnet form

Repetition,
Oppression,
Institutional, Class imagery, Critical,
London corruption,
societal conflict emotive accusatory
suffering
language

Volta,
Nature, fear,
Man vs. personificatio Personal,
The Prelude transformatio Natural
nature n, introspective
n
enjambment

Dramatic
Control,
My Last Personal, Relationship monologue, Manipulative,
jealousy,
Duchess patriarchal conflict enjambment, possessive
patriarchy
irony

Repetition,
Charge of Patriotism, War, Admiring,
dactylic
the Light sacrifice, Military obedience commemorati
rhythm,
Brigade duty vs. reason ve
heroic tone

Repetition,
Futility,
War, rhetorical
suffering, Natural, Hopeless,
Exposure psychologic questions,
nature’s emotional numb
al conflict bleak
cruelty
imagery

Fear, Natural, Oxymoron,
Storm on Psychologic Conflicted,
isolation, political enjambment,
the Island al, societal tense
uncertainty (metaphor) metaphor

Chaos, fear,
Bayonet Military, Internal In media res, Panicked,
disillusionme
Charge existential conflict simile, volta disoriented
nt

Colloquial
Guilt,
Psychologic Moral tone, Haunted,
Remains trauma,
al conflict repetition, regretful
memory
metaphor

Loss, Symbolism,
Internal,
memory, free verse, Tender,
Poppies Emotional familial
maternal sensory grieving
conflict
love imagery