Round 1: Ozymandias What remains intact from the original statue? What does the pedestal say people should do when they look at the statue? Where is the traveller from in the poem? What ‘S’ and ‘V’ are used to describe the statue’s face? What ‘S’ did the statue’s face have? What ‘N’ remains of his legacy? What typical form of love poetry is used here? What piece of alliteration is used to suggest how empty and neglected the statue is now?

Round 1: Ozymandias What remains intact from the original statue? Legs, pedestal and face/head. What does the pedestal say people should do when they look at his works? Despair. Where is the traveller from in the poem? An antique land (Egypt). What ‘S’ and ‘V’ are used to describe the statue’s face? Shattered. Visage. What ‘S’ did the statue’s face have? Sneer. What ‘N’ remains of his legacy? Nothing. What typical form of love poetry is used here? Sonnet. What piece of alliteration is used to suggest how empty and neglected the statue is now? Boundless and bare.

London What does the voice see on faces of people in London? What does ‘chartered’ mean? What is the first word of the poem? What ‘I’ and ‘E’ is the phrase repeated three times in the second stanza? What ‘B’ is used to describe the church? What ‘W’ describes how the voice walks in London? What metaphor is used to show how ordinary soldiers suffered while the politicians were protected from danger? What metaphor is used to suggest that the problem lies in how people think rather than how they behave?

London What does the voice see on faces of people in London? Marks of weakness/woe. What does ‘chartered’ mean? Mapped out or legally defined. What is the first word of the poem? I. What ‘I’ and ‘E’ is the phrase repeated three times in the second stanza? In every. What ‘B’ is used to describe the church? Black’ning. What ‘W’ describes how the voice walks in London? Wander. What metaphor is used to show how ordinary soldiers suffered while the politicians were protected from danger? Hapless sighs running in blood down palace walls. What metaphor is used to suggest that the problem lies in how people think rather than how they behave? Mind-forged manacles.

My Last Duchess Where does the poem take place? What type of poem is this? What gift did he give her that he thinks she was ungrateful for? What ‘S’ is used to describe her blushing? What ‘C’ is she covered with at the moment? What ‘O’ is used to describe the ‘fool’ who gave her a bough of cherries? What is the rhyming structure of the poem? What piece of punctuation does the writer use to show anger and a breakdown in his thoughts? Who cast the bronze Neptune statue for the Duke? What devices can we identify in this line?

My Last Duchess Where does the poem take place? Ferrara. What type of poem is this? Dramatic Monologue. What gift did he give her that he thinks she was ungrateful for? Nine-hundred-years- old name. What ‘S’ is used to describe her blushing? Spot (of joy). What ‘C’ is she covered with at the moment? Curtain. What ‘O’ is used to describe the ‘fool’ who gave her a bough of cherries? Officious. What is the rhyming structure of the poem? AABB / Rhyming couplets. What piece of punctuation does the writer use to show anger and a breakdown in his thoughts? Hyphen. Who cast the bronze Neptune statue for the Duke? Claus of Innsbruck. Allusion/metaphor

Extract from, The Prelude When and where did he find the boat? What is the voice scared of in the poem? What does the voice do as a result of seeing the answer to Question 2? What ‘S’ is used to describe the sound of the lake? What ‘D’ hung in his thoughts after the experience? What ‘D’ is the last word in the poem? What animal simile does the poet use to describe the movement of the boat? What is personified to show the voice’s awe and fear of nature? What pronoun is used to describe the boat?

Extract from, The Prelude When and where did he find the boat? Summer evening and tied to a willow. What is the voice scared of in the poem? The mountain. What does the voice do as a result of seeing the answer to Question 2? Turn. What ‘S’ is used to describe the sound of the lake? Silent. What ‘D’ hung in his thoughts after the experience? Darkness. What ‘D’ is the last word in the poem? Dreams. What animal simile does the poet use to describe the movement of the boat? Like a Swan. What is personified to show the voice’s awe and fear of nature? The mountain. What pronoun is used to describe the boat? Her.

The Charge of the Light Brigade How many people were in the Light Brigade? What did the solders ride on in the battle? What ‘V’ is where the battle took place? What ‘C’ did the enemies have that the Light Brigade didn’t? What ‘H’ is the way the writer describes the place where the battle took place? What ‘S’ did the solders have instead of guns? What is repeated at the end of every stanza? What body part is used as a metaphor to describe the place? Give an example of repetition in the poem.

The Charge of the Light Brigade How many people were in the Light Brigade? Six hundred. What did the solders ride on in the battle? Horses. What ‘V’ is where the battle took place? Valley. What ‘C’ did the enemies have that the Light Brigade didn’t? Cannon. What ‘H’ is the way the writer describes the place where the battle took place? Hell. What ‘S’ did the solders have instead of guns? Sabres. What is repeated at the end of every stanza? …six hundred. What body part is used as a metaphor to describe the place? Mouth. Give an example of repetition in the poem.

Exposure What is the poet’s connection to war? What animals celebrate when the soldiers head back to war? What is the weather like in the poem? What ‘N’ is repeated in the poem several times? What ‘F’ describes what the blackbird does? What ‘I’ is their eyes at the end? What punctuation mark does the poet use to make things seem very slow? What kind of sentences does the poet use to create a sense of never ending torture? What pronoun does the poet use to show us that the speaker isn’t alone?

Exposure What is the poet’s connection to war? He fought in WW1. What animals celebrate when the soldiers head back to war? Mice. What is the weather like in the poem? Snowing. Cold. Icey. What ‘N’ is repeated in the poem several times? Nothing. What ‘F’ describes what the blackbird does? Fusses. What ‘I’ is their eyes at the end? Iced. What punctuation mark does the poet use to make things seem very slow? Ellipsis. What kind of sentences does the poet use to create a sense of never ending torture? Complex sentences. What pronoun does the poet use to show us that the speaker isn’t alone? We.

Storm on the Island How did they build their houses to make them prepared for the storm? What are the first three words of the poem? What do they not have to protect their houses? What ‘C’ is the word used to describe how some people might view the sea? What ‘B’ is the verb to describe the way the storm attacks the houses? What ‘H’ and ‘N’ describes the storm at the end of the poem? What key pronoun is used throughout the poem? What simile does the writer use to show how the storm attacks the windows? What form is the poem?

Storm on the Island How did they build their houses to make them prepared for the storm? Squat. What are the first three words of the poem? We are prepared. What do they not have to protect their houses? Trees / natural shelter. What ‘C’ is the word used to describe how some people might view the sea? Company. What ‘B’ is the verb to describe the way the storm attacks the houses? Blasts. What ‘H’ and ‘N’ describes the storm at the end of the poem? Huge nothing. What key pronoun is used throughout the poem? We. What simile does the writer use to show how the storm attacks the windows? Like a tame cat turned savage. What form is the poem? Blank verse.

Bayonet Charge What colour is the hare? What kind of material was he wearing? Who is he fighting for? What ‘C’ is the shape the hare runs in? What ‘R’ is numb? What ‘F’ is used to describe the way the hare rolled? What simile is used to describe his sweating? What is the last word and image of the poem? What does he almost do in the second stanza?

Bayonet Charge What colour is the hare? Yellow. What kind of material was he wearing? Khaki. Who is he fighting for? King, honour and human dignity. What ‘C’ is the shape the hare runs in? Circle. What ‘R’ is numb? Rifle. What ‘F’ is used to describe the way the hare rolled? Flame. What simile is used to describe his sweating? Molten iron. What is the last word and image of the poem? Dynamite. What does he almost do in the second stanza? Stop.

Remains How many people were shooting at the robber? What stays on the street long after the death? What is the last image of the poem? What ‘L’ is used to describe the person shot? What ‘T’ and ‘G’ is used to describe how his body is treated? What ‘P’ is the phrase that is repeated in the poem? What does the writer do to show that this is like a conversation? What pronoun does the writer use more as the poem goes on? What does the poet use at the end of the poem to show that the experience is never-ending?

Remains How many people were shooting at the robber? Three. What stays on the street long after the death? Blood. What is the last image of the poem? Bloody hands. What ‘L’ is used to describe the person shot? Looter. What ‘T’ and ‘G’ is used to describe how his body is treated? Tosses guts. What ‘P’ is the phrase that is repeated in the poem? Probably, possibly. What does the writer do to show that this is like a conversation? Colloquial language. What pronoun does the writer use more as the poem goes on? My. What does the poet use at the end of the poem to show that the experience is never-ending? Here and now.

Poppies When does the opening of the poem take place? What does the mother do to her son’s clothes? Where does the poem end? What ‘P’ and ‘V’ does she hope to hear at the end of the poem? What ‘I’ describes how the mother feels when her child leaves home? What ‘B’ is used to describe his hair as a child? ‘I pinned on onto your lapel, crimped petals, ______ of paper red’ What’s the missing word? What is the last word of the poem? ? Which structural technique suggests she is lost in her thoughts?

Poppies When does the opening of the poem take place? Three days before Armistice Sunday. What does the mother do to her son’s clothes? Removed the cat hairs and smoothed down the collar. Where does the poem end? Top of hill / war memorial. What ‘P’ and ‘V’ does she hope to hear at the end of the poem? Playground voice. What ‘I’ describes how the mother feels when her child leaves home? Intoxicated. What ‘B’ is used to describe his hair as a child? Blackthorns. ‘I pinned on onto your lapel, crimped petals, ______ of paper red’ What’s the missing word? Spasms. What is the last word of the poem? Wind. Which structural technique suggests she is lost in her thoughts? Enjambment.

War Photographer Where does the poem take place? What colour is the light of the room? Name three places the War Photographer has been. What ‘R’ is how the poet describes England? What ‘G’ is how the poet describes the person in the photograph? What ‘S’ is what the pictures will be printed in? What metaphor does the writer use to describe the photographs? What is the last word in the poem? Which structural feature is used at the end of every stanza?

War Photographer Where does the poem take place? Darkroom. What colour is the light of the room? Red. Name three places the War Photographer has been. Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh. What ‘R’ is how the poet describes England? Rural. What ‘G’ is how the poet describes the person in the photograph? Ghost. What ‘S’ is what the pictures will be printed in? Sunday’s supplement. What metaphor does the writer use to describe the photographs? Agonies. What is the last word in the poem? Care. Which structural feature is used at the end of every stanza? Rhyming couplet.

Tissue Name 3 different types of paper that are referred to in the poem. What might you find in the back of the Koran? What is the last thing the poem mentions? What ‘T’ word is used to describe what happens to paper over time? What three ‘R’s could be found on maps? What ‘P’ starts the poem and what ‘S’ ends the poem? How long is the final stanza? What do the short stanzas suggest? What short sentence is used to show how paper can have a concrete and fixed quality?

Tissue Name 3 different types of paper that are referred to in the poem. What might you find in the back of the Koran? Names and histories. What is the last thing the poem mentions? Skin. What ‘T’ word is used to describe what happens to paper over time? Thinned. What three ‘R’s could be found on maps? Rivers, roads and railtracks. What ‘P’ starts the poem and what ‘S’ ends the poem? Paper. Skin. How long is the final stanza? One line. What do the short stanzas suggest? Layers. What short sentence is used to show how paper can have a concrete and fixed quality? Maps too.

The Emigree What time of year did she never see in the old city? What is the voice accused of in the new city? What hides behind the voice in the poem? What ‘S’ is repeated four times in the poem? What ‘P’ does the voice not have? What ‘C’ has its hair combed? What metaphor is used to show us how the voice views her former home? What simile is used to describe her as a child arriving in a new country? What is the last word in the poem?

The Emigree What time of year did she never see in the old city? November. What is the voice accused of in the new city? Absence. What hides behind the voice in the poem? Her city. What ‘S’ is repeated four times in the poem? Sunlight. What ‘P’ does the voice not have? Passport. What ‘C’ has its hair combed? City. What metaphor is used to show us how the voice views her former home? Paperweight. What simile is used to describe her as a child arriving in a new country? Hollow doll. What is the last word in the poem? Sunlight.

Checking Out Me History What was the voice taught at school? What wasn’t taught to the voice at school? What do they do to his eyes? What ‘D’ is repeated throughout the poem? What ‘C’ is the verb the voice wanted to do with his/her identity? What ‘T’ is the verb repeated often in the poem? What is missing from the poem to highlight a frustration with control, power and rules? What metaphor is used to show the importance of Toussaint in the voice’s identity? What metaphor is used to show the significance of Mary Seacole?

Checking Out Me History What was the voice taught at school? What wasn’t taught to the voice at school? Toussaint L’Ouverture. Nanny de maroon. What happened to the Caribs and Arawaks. Mary Seacole. What do they do to his eyes? Bandage up. What ‘D’ is repeated throughout the poem? Dem. What ‘C’ is the verb the voice wanted to do with his/her identity? Carving out. What ‘T’ is the verb repeated often in the poem? Tell. What is missing from the poem to highlight a frustration with control, power and rules? Punctuation. What metaphor is used to show the importance of Toussaint in the voice’s identity? Beacon. What metaphor is used to show the significance of Mary Seacole? Healing star / yellow sunrise.

Kamikaze What does the word ‘kamikaze’ mean? What did he notice when he looked down? Whose boat does he think about? What ‘D’ is the last word in the poem? What ‘T’ is described as a dark prince? What ‘E’ wouldn’t meet afterwards? What did the children still do? What simile does the writer use to show us how good life used to be for him? What is his shaven head full of?

Kamikaze What does the word ‘kamikaze’ mean? Divine wind. What did he notice when he looked down? Shoals of fishes. Whose boat does he think about? His father’s boat. What ‘D’ is the last word in the poem? Die. What ‘T’ is described as a dark prince? Tuna. What ‘E’ wouldn’t meet afterwards? Eyes. What did the children still do? Chatter and laugh. What simile is used to describe the fishing boats? Like bunting. What is his shaven head full of? Powerful incantations.