What Poem is it?

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repetition is used in each stanza however the last stanza changes the rhyme scheme. It ends with a rhyming couplet.
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The poet uses a lot of punctuation to show how the city was broken up like the verse
Belfast confetti
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Its about the effect of war on civilians. The poet uses negative imagery at the beginning of the poem however this eventually changes to positive imagery suggesting there might be a positive outcome.
The Yellow Palm
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In each stanza the 2nd and 4th verse are rhyming couplets which emphasises how smoothly peoples lives are lost because of conflict
Out of the Blue
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The poets words gradually become less threatening and pathetic fallacy is used to show how we see thinks negatively in a bad situation however we shouldn't make judgments too quickly
The Right Word
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Sonnet form used as a traditional love poem because he loves his friend. The poet uses 14 lines which are usually split into 8 (an octave) however the writer changed it because he's writing about a different type of love.
Futility
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the poem is written in first person and see's himself in control. He uses the technique of repetition to emphasise the violence his power has created. It is written in a four line stanza and has power over life and death.
Hawk Roosting
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The poem includes mixed emotion along with the five senses of sight, smell, touch, see, taste. Symbolism is used for a chain and the links within a country links between the chains
At the Border, 1979
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Each Stanza ends with a full stop to show how this life has ended. It is written in first person. The alliteration of 's' is soothing like the sound of the sea closing over the victims head making death sound good.
Come on, come back.
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It has a reflective gentle tone to the poem to show the sadness. The use of mixture of verbs shows it is an event of the past but effects are still within us. It talks of the wasted life of the young. The first stanza begins with a scene setting vers
Mametz wood
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The structure of a beginning of short stanzas represents the shortened lives of men in war however in the last stanzas the verses are longer to represent the length of war grief. poet uses enjambment to successfully carry on the ever lasting pain
Poppies
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The sight and hearing are most prominent to help create the heat of battle. The use of present tense verbs help make the poem more immediate and the past tense gives an effect of distance (history)
Bayonet charge
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Personification is made to show the links. Onomatopoeia is used for whirled whistling. The rhythm is short to link the 3 main images together and also long to represent the soldiers pain.
The Falling Leaves
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There is no punctuation used throughout the poem to show his patriotism.
next to of course god america and i
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The middle stanzas are longer to show the length of the battle however the last stanza is the shortest to show the shortened lives of the soldiers. He also uses repetition in every stanza to emphasise their danger.
The Charge of the Light Brigade.
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The poet uses a lot of punctuation to show how the city was broken up like the verse

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Belfast confetti

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Its about the effect of war on civilians. The poet uses negative imagery at the beginning of the poem however this eventually changes to positive imagery suggesting there might be a positive outcome.

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In each stanza the 2nd and 4th verse are rhyming couplets which emphasises how smoothly peoples lives are lost because of conflict

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The poets words gradually become less threatening and pathetic fallacy is used to show how we see thinks negatively in a bad situation however we shouldn't make judgments too quickly

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