Power and Conflict Poetry

Finish the quotation from Poppies: "Released a ________ from its cage"

Finish the quotation from Storm on the Island: "Spits like a tame cat / turned ________"

Which poem tracks the thoughts and feelings of soldiers in WW1 as they suffer through battles in the trenches?

Which poem focuses on The Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean war?

Finish the quotation from Kamikaze: "One way journey into ________"

Which poem is about King Ramesses II (a pharaoh)?

Which poem depicts the thoughts and feelings of a soldier as he charges at the enemy and questions the purpose of war?

Finish the quotation from Tissue: "________ that lets the light shine through"

Which poem DOES NOT explore the theme of war?

In which poem is a soldier with PTSD haunted by violent memories of someone he killed during the war?

Finish the quotation from Bayonet Charge: "________ tear"

Finish the quotation from The Charge of the Light Brigade: "Noble ________"

Which poem addresses the challenges faced by people who must record horrors of the war without interfering and helping?

Which poem DOES NOT explore the theme of cultural identity?

Which poem outlines the failures of the military in a battle in which 600 men died for their country?

Poetry from the Romantic Era often focused on the balance between man and nature. Which poem is an example of this?

Which poem explores the divide between rich and poor people in Georgian London?

Which poem explores the effects of PTSD on soldiers who fought in the Gulf War?

Which poem DOES NOT explore the selfishness of human nature?

In which poem do Islanders prepare for a storm? Hint: The storm is a metaphor for war bombing.

Which poem was written by a poet who immigrated from Pakistan when she was a child?

Finish the quotation from The Emigree: "sick with ________"

Finish the quotation from Ozymandias: "Look on my works, ye mighty, and ________"

Finish the quotation from The Prelude: "a huge ________, black and huge"

In which poem does a displaced person feel like their positive memories of home may be imagined?

Which poem features a mother who worries about her son and the possibility of him dying in the war?

Which poem was inspired by Duke Alfonso II d'Este and his marriage to Lucrezia de' Medici in 1558?

Which poem explores the various uses of paper and how paper's fragility can be a metaphor for life itself?

In which poem does a boy borrow a boat, sail towards a mountain, become horrified of the mountain and retreat?

Which poem features a powerful man who hires a hit on his wife because he is jealous of her friendliness to other men?

Finish the quotation from Checking Out Me History: "Carving out me ________"

Finish the quotation from London: "________ of weakness, ________ of woe"

Which poem focuses on a the nobility of Japanese suicide pilots?

Which poem features a pilot/soldier who values life too much to sacrifice it and is therefore shunned for cowardice?

Which poem echoes back to WW1 when Wilfred Owen’s mother learned of his death on Armistice Sunday?

Finish the quotation from My Last Duchess: "I gave ________"

Which poem was written in 1966 in Northern Ireland about the IRA's bombings?

Which poem criticizes the lack of education provided about black historical figures?

Finish the quotation from Remains: "________ armed, __________ not"

Finish the quotation from War Photographer: "Spools of ________"

Which poem explores the psychological impact of WW1's trench warfare?

Which poem DOES NOT explore the theme of man vs the natural world?

Finish the quotation from Exposure: "Merciless...________ that knive us"

Which poem features a statue of a powerful pharaoh that has been destroyed by time and nature?

Which poem was influenced by the French Revolution's (1789) rebellion against the monarchy and aristocracy?