War poems
What is the main message of War Photographer?
A) War is bad
B) War causes trauma and civilians at home are detached
C) War is heroic
D) War is necessary
B) War is shocking and people at home are detached
What is the message of Kamikaze about nature?
A) Nature is an enemy
B) Nature terrifies the pilot
C) Nature reminds the pilot to choose life
D) Nature causes war
C) Nature reminds the pilot to choose life
What is the message of Poppies?
A) War is hard
B) War helps families by strengthening their love
C) War affects identity and relationships negatively
D) War is pointless
C) War affects identity and relationships negatively
“A hundred agonies in black and white” and "spools of suffering" come from:
A) Remains
B) War Photographer
C) Exposure
D) Kamikaze
B) War Photographer
“A huge peak, black and huge” — what technique is used?
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Repetition
D) Irony
C) Repetition
What is the message of Remains?
A) War is heroic
B) The War Photographer is traumatised
C) War causes lasting psychological damage
D) War can cause you to lose your leg and become disabled
C) War causes lasting psychological damage
How is nature presented in Storm on the Island?
A) Nature is calm and gentle
B) Nature is powerful, threatening, unpredictable
C) Friendly and helpful
D) Nature is silent and peaceful
B) Nature is powerful, threatening, unpredictable
What is the message of Tissue?
A) Power is permanent (lasts forever)
B) Identity is fixed and doesn't change
C) Human power is fragile ; identity is shaped by human experience
D) Nature is powerful
C) Human power is fragile ; identity is shaped by human experience
“Dem tell me wha dem want to tell me” comes from:
A) Poppies
B) The Emigrée
C) Checking Out Me History
D) Tissue
C) Checking Out Me History
“The world overflowing like a treasure chest” (Poppies)
What technique is used here?
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Personification
D) Alliteration
A) Simile
What is the message of Bayonet Charge?
A) War is confusing and driven by fear
B) War causes soldiers to start taking drugs to help their PTSD
C) War is controlled
D) War is heroic and honourable
A) War is confusing and driven by fear
What is the message of Exposure about nature?
A) Nature protects soldiers
B) Nature is terrifying
C) Nature is like an enemy in war - deadly and cruel
D) Nature is boring
C) Nature is like an enemy in war - deadly and cruel
What is the message of Checking Out Me History?
A) History is not as important as the present
B) Identity is controlled by governments and teachers; it should be reclaimed
C) Education is bad
D) Everything is equal
B) Identity is controlled by governments and teachers; it should be reclaimed
“And the drink and the drugs won’t flush him out” comes from:
A) Exposure
B) Bayonet Charge
C) Remains
D) War Photographer
C) Remains
“Spits like a tame cat turned savage” (Storm on the Island)
What technique is used?
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Personification
D) Hyperbole
B) Simile
What does Charge of the Light Brigade suggest about soldiers?
A) They are weak
B) They are confused
C) They don't follow orders
D) They are brave and loyal
D) They are brave and loyal
How does The Prelude present nature?
A) Nature is comforting
B) Nature is overwhelming and frightening
C) Nature is important
D) Nature is a beautiful lake
B) Nature is overwhelming and frightening
What is the message of The Emigrée?
A) Identity is fixed and doesn't change
B) Memory and your native country shapes your identity
C) Identity is unimportant
D) Home is anywhere you live (it can change)
B) Memory and your native country shapes your identity
“In what cold clockwork of the stars…” comes from:
A) Prelude
B) Exposure
C) Storm on the Island
D) Kamikaze
B) Exposure
“The patriotic tear… swept me away” (Bayonet Charge)
What technique is used?
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Personification
D) Repetition
“The patriotic tear… swept me away” (Bayonet Charge)
What technique is used?
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Personification
D) Repetition
Which poem presents soldiers as victims of war?
A) Charge of the Light Brigade
B) Remains
C) War Photographer
D) The Prelude
B) Remains
Which poem(s) shows nature changing someone’s thinking?
A) Storm on the Island
B) Exposure
C) The Prelude
D) Kamikaze
C) The Prelude
D) Kamikaze
Which poem shows identity being controlled by others?
A) Tissue
B) The Emigrée
C) Checking Out Me History
D) Poppies
C) Checking Out Me History
“Our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds…” comes from:
A) The Prelude
B) Storm on the Island
C) Exposure
D) Bayonet Charge
C) Exposure
“All flesh is grass” (War Photographer)
What technique is used?
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Personification
D) Alliteration
“All flesh is grass” (War Photographer)
What technique is used?
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Personification
D) Alliteration