wjec educas gcse poetry anthology

The Manhunt - 

Quotes + Analysis -

-'Manhunt' > He's missing from her + is not the same man

- 'Blown hinge of his lower jaw'

- 'Damaged, porcelain collar-bone' > Delicate

- 'Parachute silk of his punctured lung' > fine + light  not suitable 

- 'Then, only then, did i come close' > failing to fix him + war has a negative impact on relationships

Context - 

- Bosnia war

- Read by laura = husband eddie discharged due to injury + person known gone

Themes - 

- War + suffering

- Relationships

- Fragility + resillience

Sonnet 43 -

Quotes + Analysis -

- 'How do I love thee?' > Rhetorical question = Having to prove her love 

- ' I love thee' > Repitition =  Showing how much she loves him = not arranged

-'love thee better after death' > death cant stop it + death do us parrt = vows +promise  

Context - 

- Victorian times +  it was not typical to have a female poet

- Written for her husband

- Aranged marraiges were typical

Themes - 

- Relationships

- Love

London - 

Quotes + Analysis -

-' Each charter'd street' + ' the charter'd Thames does flow' > owned + mapped out even nature = government control

-'Marks of weakness, marks of woae' > alliteration 'w' = everywhere he looks there's misery 

-'In every' > anaphora = exaggerates severe problems = widespread 

-'Mind-forg'd manacles' > metaphor = people told what to think = trapped

-'Runs in blood down palace walls' > metahor = government + monarchy's betrayal = they are responsible 

-' youthful Harlot's curse' > enjamberment =  childhood innocence destroyed + problems + misery is never ending 

- 'Marraige hearse' > oxymoron = society is corrupted = ruined love + marraige

Context - 

- Lived: 1757-1827

- Romantic poet ( lover of nature) + an artist

- Lived in extreme poverty in london

- Autobiographical

Themes - 

- Place 

- Corruption 

The Soldier - 

Quotes + Analysis - 

-'Rich earth a richer dust cocealed' > Soil is better as a soldier is burried there

-'Blest by suns of home' > Religious imagery - God is on their side

-'Her sights and sounds' > beautiful imagery of England - Romantises England

-'Under an English heaven' > Emphasises - Stating that it's better than others

Context -

- 1914 WW1

- 27 when enlisted to fight

- Not typical soldier + never expereinced front line

Themes -

- Suffering + War 

- Pride + Patriotism

She walks in Beauty -

Quotes + Analysis - 

-'She walks in Beauty' > surrounded by beauty as beauty attaches to her

-'cloudless climes and starry skies' > Chliche = shines as bright as stars

-' One shade the more, one ray the less' > Black hair balance of light and dark 

-'So soft, so calm, yet eloquent' > well expressed = thoughts on face

Context - 

- Written in 1814

- Romantic + popular englsih poet

- Bisexual +…