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1 Alfred Lord Tennyson uses personification in Charge of the Light Brigade to emphasise...
This is shown in the repeated phrases ‘valley of Death’, ‘jaws of Death’, and ‘mouth of Hell’ The use of personification is significant because it creates an atmosphere of... The repetition of these personified phrases in the poem is interesting because... Alternatively, it could be interpreted as... Charge of the Light Brigade is a poem about the Battle of Balaclava which took place during the Crimean War. Tennyson’s message could be... This use of personification in the poem emphasises the dangerous conflict that took place and the bravery of soldiers who followed orders which led to their deaths.

2 Shelley presents power as an ultimately corrupting force in the poem Ozymandias.
This can be seen in the final lines ‘boundless and bare, / The long and level sands stretch far away.’ The use of alliteration and sibilance in the final lines ... The most interesting part of this phrase is ‘sands stretch far away’ because it has connotations of... Symbolically, it could be ironic as the poem or art still remains and is powerful yet the ruler is meaningless now. This ties into Shelley’s message because... Alternatively, this could reflect... Shelley was very anti-establishment and was a vocal atheist; this is something that was quite dangerous to admit at the time and led to him being expelled from university. Therefore, it could be argued that his alluding to God or Christianity as a concept due to the allusion to Jesus’ 40 days & 40 nights in the desert.

3 Blake uses a dramatic monologue in combination with an ABAB rhyme scheme which is consistent throughout the poem, London. This can be seen in the rhyming words ‘fear’ and ‘hear’ as well as ‘cry’ and ‘sigh’. These rhyming words are significant because... Symbolically, it could be seen as... Blake’s message is... Alternatively, this could reflect... William Blake was a poet during the Romantic Era which meant that ...

4 This can be seen in the repeated phrase...
John Agard uses an extended metaphor in the poem, Checking Out Me History to show... This can be seen in the repeated phrase... The most important word in the phrase is... This could make the reader think/feel/imagine/realise... The extended metaphor of blindness could symbolise how the British Empire’s Anglo-centric influence on education denies those from black or ethnic minority backgrounds a rich education about their own history. This is supported by the use of phonetic spelling of... Agard has done this to show... When Agard was a child, the country was known as British Guiana and was owned and ruled by Britain. The schooling Agard received there was very Anglo-centric (concerned with British/English views) even though his country was one of varied people and cultures.

5 Ted Hughes uses onomatopoeia in the poem Bayonet Charge which is used to show how conflict is...
This can be seen in the words... The use of onomatopoeia makes the reader... Hughes may have used onomatopoeia to create the scene for the reader and bring it to life for them as many readers would not have experienced war first-hand. Consequently, this could mean Hughes’ message is... The use of onomatopoeia in the poem is effective because...

6 This can be seen in the lines...
Beatrice Garland uses natural imagery in the poem Kamikaze to highlight... This can be seen in the lines... The presentation of the power of nature is significant in this poem because... Garland has used the natural imagery to juxtapose the subject matter of the poem which highlights to the reader that... Alternatively, it could be interpreted as... Kamikaze pilots were suicide pilots in the Japanese army during WW2. Often, their missions were unsuccessful as only 19% of Kamikaze pilots were successful. Therefore, Garland’s message is...

7 Simon Armitage juxtaposes graphic imagery and colloquial language in his poem Remains which highlights the long lasting effects of conflict. This can be seen in the lines... The most important words are... The (noun/adjective/adverb/verb) has connotations of... Symbolically, this could suggest... Alternatively, it could be interpreted as... Simon Armitage’s message could be...

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