Power and Conflict - Themes, Quotes & Context

MLD - The Duke has his Duchess killed. What euphemistic phrase does Browning use to describe this?

PRE - Romantic poets were particularly concerned with the power of...

MLD - Where does the Duke usually keep the painting of the Duchess?

'The burying-party, picks and shovels in shaking grasp/ Pause over half-known faces.' What are the burying party doing?

PRE - What was Wordsworth's overall aim with The Prelude?

MLD - Who wrote 'My Last Duchess'?

PRE - What was Wordsworth's overall aim with The Prelude?

LDN - Blake was particularly inspired by which revolutions? (2 correct answers)

MLD - Which Roman God does the Duke have a statue of 'taming a sea-horse'?

LDN - The metre of London is best described as what?

EXP - What does Own present as being more dangerous than the enemy?

Which of these is NOT a definition of the word exposure?

PRE - What mode of transport does Wordsworth recall stealing?

EXP: Wilfred Owen was...

PRE - The image of what frightens a young Wordsworth?

MLD - The Duke 'choose[s] never to stoop' What is 'stooping'?

MLD - In the poem, The Duke of Ferrara is speaking to an emissary in order to arrange what?

OZ - Which of these is NOT a voice in the poem.

MLD - Which of these describes the rhyme scheme of the poem?

PRE - Which of these best describes the metre of The Prelude?

OZ - The pedestal of the statue reads 'My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, Look upon my works, ye mighty and...?'

LDN - Blake describes the 'mind forg'd manacles'. What is a manacle?

OZ - What form does Shelley use in the poem?

MLD - Who created the painting of the Duchess?

EXP - "Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence." This is an example of...

OZ - Ozymandias was written by...

LDN - Blake was particularly critical of the impact of which revolution

PRE - Which of these is the best definition of the word 'prelude'?

LDN - The poem opens 'I wander through each charter'd street'. What does the verb 'charter'd' suggest?

PRE - Which of these best describes Wordworth's poetic style?

What is the currency of Switzerland?

PRE - Complete the line: 'huge and mighty forms... moved slowly through the mind and were a trouble to my...'

EXP: Which type of rhyme does Owen famously use?

Which phrase is often repeated at the end of Owen's stanzas?

OZ - In this poem, Shelley is trying to tell us that power...

PRE - Which of these is the best analysis of Wordsworth's description of the boat as an 'elfin pinnace'

OZ - Shelley uses a traditional Shakespearean sonnet structure to reflect the permanance of power in the poem.

EXP: Which of these best describes Owen's message in his poetry?

OZ - What part of the statue is NOT mentioned in the poem?

OZ - The Phrase 'King of Kings' shows that Ozymandias thinks that he is..?

LDN - The poem ends with the words 'Marriage hearse'. This is an example of which technique?

PRE - This poem is an 'extract' which in this context means...

What historical era did Browning write in?

LDN - Blake is particularly critical of who for employing children as chimney-sweeps?

LDN - Blake describes hearing how the 'youthful Harlots curse'. What is a harlot?

Blake was a deeply religious and spiritual person but despised organised religion.

OZ - Which Egyptian Pharoah is Ozymandias about?

MLD - What type of poem, in which a fictional speaker, recounts a story to a listener other than the reader, is MLD?

OZ - Which of these terms best reflects Shelley's political views?

LDN - Who wrote the poem London?