Power and Conflic poetry quotes 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureAQA AnthologyGCSEAQA Created by: nathan26501Created on: 22-05-19 18:22 "I wander through each chartered street, Near where the chartered Thames does flow" Repetition to emphasise that every part of London has been sold. Blake exaggerates by referring to the Thames. 1 of 18 "Marks of weakness, marks of woe." Implies Londoners are wearing their misery in their expressions. 2 of 18 "In every infant's cry of fear" The children are fearful of their future. 3 of 18 "We are prepared: we build our houses squat" The villagers appear to be preparing to endure a bombing. 4 of 18 "Exploding comfortably down the cliffs" Juxtaposition refers to the power of nature. 5 of 18 "spits like a tame cat turned savage" Simile to show how the once peaceful sea is spitting angrily. 6 of 18 "probably armed, possibly not" The narrator attempts to justify his actions but the repetition of this phrase shows his clear discomfort at the thought of killing an innocent man. 7 of 18 "and he's there on the ground, sort of inside out" Graphic language shows how the memory is still vivid in his mind. 8 of 18 "he's here in my head when I close my eyes, dug in behind enemy lines" Metaphor shows how he is trapped in his thoughts. 9 of 18 "Sellotape bandaged around my hand, I rounded up as many white cat hairs as I could" Creates a powerful contrasting image of the boy's injury on the battlefield and cuddling with his cat. 10 of 18 "I was brave, as I walked with you, to the front door" Irony as the mother is the one being brave to let her son go. 11 of 18 "A split second and you were away, intoxicated." Metaphor implies he is 'drunk' with the image of nobility and heroism. 12 of 18 "He has a job to do." Justifying his job/role. 13 of 18 "A hundred agonies in black-and-white from which his editor will pick out five or six" No one else will see all the pain and suffering. The other stories will be forgotten. 14 of 18 "and they do not care." Bleak language represents his frustration at people's ignorance. 15 of 18 "they treated him as though he no longer existed" Although he was not physically dead, he was dead in the eyes of his loved ones. 16 of 18 "till gradually we too learned... that this was no longer the father we loved." His children were taught of the shame and dishonour he brought on their family. 17 of 18 "And sometimes, she said, he must have wondered which had been the better way to die." He regrets turning back as he did not return to what he left. He lived an ignominious life. 18 of 18
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