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6. How is power expressed in 'My Last Dutchess'?

  • Misuse of power - the duke controls his dutchess as if she was his possesion.
  • Power of nature - she sadly passed in a natural hazzard.
  • Power of negative emotions - his negative emotions over rule his dutchess and he divorces her.
  • All of the above.

7. London shows..?

  • Stupidity within Londoners back then.
  • Power of the plague.
  • Atate of human soul and society.
  • Misuse of power.

8. My last dutchess and one other poem is a dramatic monologue - which one of the following?

  • London
  • My Last dutchess
  • Bayonet Charge
  • Kamikaze

9. Exposure is in .... tense and why?

  • Present tense - to easily provide suspense and so we can experience the dreadful war with them.
  • Past tense - as the war has already passed.
  • Future tense - to foreshadow how bad wars would be after new weapons are made.
  • All of them - to show war is all that happens; past, present, future.

10. 'Spools of suffering' is a quote from 'War Photographer', but what terminology is it?

  • Stative verb
  • Sibilance
  • Simile
  • Superlative

11. Which poem has graphic imagery of death in gory detail - implication of his 'guts'?

  • Charge of the Light Brigade
  • Tissue
  • Remains
  • Bayonet Charge

12. 'Ozymandias' has which poem structure?

  • Limerick
  • Sonnet
  • Free verse
  • Haiku

13. Chose the correct quotation from 'The Charge of the light brigade' using heoric language:

  • "Rode the six hundred"
  • "Horse and Hero fell/ they that had fought so well"
  • "Cannon to the right, cannon to left of them.."
  • "When can their glory disappear?"

14. "Like a tame cat turned savage' is a personified metaphor from which poem?

  • Tissue
  • Storm on the Island
  • Remains
  • The Prelude

15. The statue is ruined - what is this?

  • Irony - symbol of temporary power; power doesn't last forever.
  • Graphic imagery - it's revolting detail.
  • Simile - a figure of speech; it's not actually ruined.
  • Foreshadow - a warning; he will be back.

16. Which two poems both express nature through similes?

  • 'London' and 'Storm on the Island'
  • 'Ozymandias' and 'The Prelude'
  • 'The Prelude' and 'Storm on the Island'
  • 'Kamikaze' and 'Ozymandias'

17. Which poem is in third person - like a story - and lack of rythm scheme shows chaos in war?

  • The Charge of the Light Brigade
  • Bayonet charge
  • Remains
  • The prelude

18. Rhetorical questions in 'Exposure' is used because...?

  • To ask why the men are exposed to such dreadful conditions when we all could be in peace.
  • To show the soldiers are confused by the dreadful conditions.
  • To make the reader question themselves.
  • To make the reader feel guilty about pushing men to war.

19. Other than 'Ozymandias', which poem expresses misuse of power?

  • My Last Dutchess
  • Storm on the Island
  • Kamikaze
  • Bayonet Charge

20. Bayonet Charge has...?

  • Individual experiences - to show the pain one can not hold.
  • Natural imagery - to show the world around us which is destroyed by war
  • Lines of uneven length - creates irregular rythm, which mirrors the soldiers struggling.
  • Past tense - to show the damage that is already done.