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Power and Conflict, Conflict, Power of Nature, Memory, Identity,…
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Conflict
poppies expresses the side of conflict often ignored. Weir highlights the difficulty of witnessing a loved one go to war
Poppies
"your lapel, crimped petals, spasms of paper red" - asyndetic listing and soft plosives
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ao3 - weir makes it ambiguous as to which war the poem relates to, but sets the poem in a dramatic monologue.
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after math of war and conflict, the disconcertingly short grieving time before war is forgotten and the consequences on the fallen because of this
War Photographer
"A stranger's features faintly start to twist before his eyes, a half-formed ghost."
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"Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows. The only light is red and softly glows,"
ao3: Duffy's catholic upbringing means biblical/church references common in her work,
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ao2: omniscient narrator in 3rd person perspective: impassive objective reflects photographer's position/ all stanzas are end-stopped but within them they have enjambement: mimics poet's outward control as opposed to his inner conflict
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the running patriotic semantic field and memorial tones, reinforces the connectedness of this feeling of helplessness and grief
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"your lapel, crimped petals, spasms of paper red"
exposure presents not only the conflict he's involved within the war, but also the ever presents conflict with nature, and the suffering it involves
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Power of Nature
the power of nature is at the forefront of the poem, and wordsworth's intention is for the reader to understand that nature's power overshadows all human power
The Prelude
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ao2 - written in epic tradition -> autobiographical battle with nature, cyclical structure reinforces that defeat is presented as a humbling and transformative experience
ao3 - William Wordsworth had a deep affection for nature and the lake district, he saw it as a form of escapism, he was a romantic poet and wrote about industrial resistance, perhaps a reason why he wrote the prelude, to highlight nature's eternal power
"a huge peak, black and huge" - repetition exemplifies it's physical power
imbalance of power between humans (small in comparison) to nature + longevity of nature in contrast to humanity
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the power of nature is exemplified in exposure by the brutal suffering it provides the soldiers with
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impression of nature upon the individual, the resistance on nature against time, appreciation and impact of the subliminal and how it impacts our sense of nostalgia and our decision making
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Memory
the consistent memorial tone, highlights that, memory is the only thing the speaker has left of her son, the only thing she can grasp onto
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"hoping to hear your playground voice, catching on the wind"
sense of an attempt at preservation of the past, at the unknown and unnamed casualties
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memories of a childhood, of childhood companions and their expectation of the present
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Identity
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life and fate contrast with a person and childhood: culture is overpowered by mechanisation, destruction, war and conflict
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Individual Experience
the speaker presents her experience as an isolating one, she struggles to get a grip with her past relationship with her son
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"a split second, and you were away"
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the individual morality and conscience versus the masses and what they expect: reflection on the person and memory
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Power of Humanity
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power in our own autonomy and own ability to not only warp history's perspective but also to correct this and unveil our own identity + power of hidden figures
Checking Out Me History
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ao2: does not use received dialect/italic parts of poem visual representation of the difference in his history/ 'chorus' separates real & fictional/ poem written in free verse - appropriate for a search in identity by being a non-conformist & rejecting education received and rejection of literary history as form & language are dissimilar from traditional poets/ rhyming couplets have a celebratory, jubilant tone which dissipates into anger/ repeating lines from beginning for cyclical effect, but modified in a different direction (antanaclasis)/irregular structure + line length (raw, genuine OR fury, an heard silenced rant that is flooding out)
ao3: from giana (carribean) reclaiming cultural identity: re-enforces that history is merely a point of view: by controlling the past, we are continuing to control the present and future.
"Dem tell me wha dem want to tell me But now I checking out me own history I carving out me identity."
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Loss and Absence
a frequent longing for the return of her son, one who she can never get back in the way she used to know him. weir presents grief as a factor that interlinks well with biblical and church references
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"later, a single dove flew from the pear tree"
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Guilt
guilt at the inevitability of these people's deaths; his inability to do anything other than document
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the narrator experiences a sudden overwhelming feeling guilt, as he comes to the realisation that nature is more powerful than him
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'troubled pleasure' - oxymoronic phrase at the start of the poem that highlights the contrast between the narrator's guilt of stealing and pleasure of freedom
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Pride
narrator takes over enjoyment in aspects of nature, he is indulgent in it's qualities feeling a sense of misplaced power and pride over nature
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"lustily, I dipped my oars"
an unfounded absolute pride which is undermined by nature and highlights man's futility and finite power.
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Anger
anger at the west's consummation of tragedy, the desensitization of war and anguish, and the lack of sympathy
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anger at the deceit and lack of education forced upon him through enforcements and higher powers: anger at the unclear distinction
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Fear
the narrator experiences feelings of feebility and weakness after coming to terms with nature's power, causing him to retreat out of fear
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"with trembling oars, i turned"
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