Blue
1) Being "in-between"
2) Slowing down
3) Being valuable
What subject is the speaker studying in the poem "Flash Cards"?
Math
How old is the speaker in "War Memoir"?
5
"Flash Cards" (and other poems) use this technique intentionally, when poets move to the next line without any punctuation.
Enjambment
In Wilfred Owen's poem, what sound device is he using in the links "Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge" to emphasise the harshness and heaviness of the soldiers' experience?
Cacophony
In Wilfred Owen's poem, the "green sea" he describes isn't water. What is it?
Gas
In "War Memoir" what metaphor does the speaker use to describe the red dripping from their toes?
petals
Luka Lesson explores his mixed identity in "Amber Lights." What are the main two different cultural backgrounds he has?
Greek and Australian
In "Still I Rise" what are three natural resources Maya Angelou mentions to show the speaker's sense of wealth?
Oil, gold, diamonds
What is "grape-bell" a metaphor for in "Bell Theory"?
uvula
Maya Angelou uses a series of words connoted with confidence - sexiness, haughtiness, sassiness. What technique is this?
semantic field
What are some main letter sounds the poet repeats in "Bell Theory" and why?
L and R - emulates sounds difficult for speaker to say
What is one strong verb the speaker uses in the 2nd half of "Be a Man" to show the increasing threat of the world around him?
Approach, caught, encases, stalk, bites
In "Flash Cards" the poet uses many "s" sounds in the lines "hissed numbers as I spun on a wheel" to emphasise the sense of irritation and stress. What technique is this?
sibilance
What is the great Lie in Wilfred Owen's poem?
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori