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Poetry suggested/potential comparisons for the power and conflict AQA GCSE poetry anthology. Range of possible analysis. Covers a range of themes and ideas. Easy for use for essay planning or exam preparation. Helps deepen understanding of ideas in the anthology.

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Ozymandias My Last Duchess Storm on the Island London Tissue London




VS VS VS
Death causes Death causes
decrease/loss of increase/gain of
power power

Destruction of Destruction of Focused on changes that
Use of war/military City used as a canvas City used as a canvas Focused on rigidity
political powers political powers Use of war/military can be made to improve
imagery to critique human to critique human and entrapment of
on citizens and on citizens and imagery life/situation
vanity and power vanity and power own situation
daily life shown daily life shown
Art used as status Art used as status
symbol and form of symbol and form of
control/power control/power


High level of Obsessed with legacy
Use of sound Low endurance
Use of sound Light imagery used to of history as sees it as Obsessed with legacy
imagery to present endurance (waiting levels (everyone Dark imagery used to
imagery to present present environment a helpful learning point of history as a curse,
fear for better times) doomed and no present environment
fear to grow from trapping us
escape)
Power and status Power and status
used to gain used to gain
complete ‘god-like’ complete ‘god-like’
control control




London Bayonet Charge Remains The Prelude The Emigree London




VS VS VS
Abuse of power Abuse of power
causes individual causes individual
downfall downfall

Psychological City is state of mind and
Haunting imagery Psychological State bans memory of the City is state of mind and State charts/controls
warfare + guilt Haunting imagery how we perceive it is
(PTSD) haunts warfare + guilt city, oppressing through how we perceive it is the city, oppressing
main themes (PTSD) haunts more important than the
speaker main themes the mind more important than the through thoughts and
presented speaker actual, physical city
Imagery of decay and Imagery of decay and presented actual, physical city physically
violence: violence:
• Physical toll • Physical toll
• The state’s impact • The state’s impact
• Nature’s destruction • Nature’s destruction
Shift in behaviour (loses
self as can’t escape Physical movement Shift in behaviour Physical movement Imagery of walls as a
to mimic Imagery of walls as a
memory/physical as looses to mimic political boundary and Poem of nostalgia and
psychological physical and mental Observational poem
environment - walking childishness psychological exclusion of foreigners memories
terror/damage boundary to keep poor in
over blood) (taught harshly by terror/damage their place
In media res nature)
Observational (speaker plays
viewpoint role in action)




The Prelude Bayonet Charge Poppies Bayonet Charge Checking Out Me History The Prelude




VS VS VS
Autobiographical Autobiographical
search for social truth search for internal and
of ancestry personal truth
Speakers come to Speakers come to Viewpoint of a
Fear of speaker realisation of the Fear of speaker Sewing and Viewpoint of an Imagery of machines
realisation of the domestic victim of
controls/changes severity and controls/changes mending imagery active combant of and weaponry and
severity and the mother of a
their actions badness of their their actions used throughout a soldier at war destruction used
badness of their young soldier Speaker feels like they
actions (stealing) throughout Speaker feels like they
actions (killing) were misled by were misled by
institutions they were institutions they were
raised in (bad raised in (bad
relationship with relationship with
authority) authority)
Their actions seem Structure: Their actions seem Structure: Able to escape and be Ideals of war are a Trapped and Ideals of war are a
insigni cant once Mindset, agency, insigni cant once Mindset, agency, free from the horrors of facade/mask for the oppressed in situation facade/mask for
taught by larger, breaking point, taught by larger, breaking point, war as can overcome true horrors war (war) and can’t escape the true horrors war
uncontrollable resulting feeling uncontrollable resulting feeling sadness in icts physically or in icts
force Speaker experiences
force psychologically Speaker experiences
change in their opinion change in their opinion
of the world of the world




The Charge of the Light War Photographer My Last Duchess Kamicaze Bayonet Charge
Bayonet Charge
Brigade

Shows indi erence over Starts with patriotic Starts with patriotic




VS VS VS
Actions caused Objecti es human life Shows indi erence Objecti es human life death as very used to it want to help at war but want to help at war but
Actions caused
by institutions/ by reducing a person over death as very by reducing a person because of self-centered then wants to save then wants to save
by institutions/
powerful gures to an image used to it because of to an image view on life and lack of own life and drops own life and drops
powerful gures
job care honor by end honor by end




Nature acts as a judge Nature acts as a judge
Observer who remembers
Oppressor who to show absurdity of war to show absurdity of war
death of people beause
Collective heroism causes death and by presenting it’s by presenting it’s
Individual isolation of feelings of sorrow, guilt
grief peacefulness and peacefulness and
and duty
mirroring war mirroring war




Wants to show art to show
Positive attitude Negative attitude Physical environment the downfall and horrors Want to hide duchess
because dropped Physical environment Speaker su ers
because believes re ects internal state others face and discourage away from others to Speaker su ers social
honour as thinks is re ects internal state psychological death due
honour is earned by of speaker the indi erence of others gain complete control death (shunned)
luxury can’t a ord of speaker to trauma
sacri ce not in this situation
when fearful




Exposure The Prelude




Not lesson, just
pain of nature’s
attacks
Speaker fearful
they wont survive VS Pain teaches a
lesson through
nature’s attacks
Speaker fearful
they wont survive




Rejections of Relies on shift of Rejections of Relies on shift of
remanticism (awe speaker’s world romanticism (awe speaker’s world
and terror). Sublime around him (shift in and terror). Sublime around him (shift in
connects to death consciousness) connects to God consciousness)
and stops hope
and peace




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