Tajnim Abdul
HL Revision of Power and Conflict Anthology (Set 1)
Complete the table below by re-reading the poems. Use the revision notes provided on satchel one.
What is the poem about?
Summarise it in a few sentences
Poppies
Kamikaze
Poetic methods
State at least 2 (pick the
most important)
 Enjambment
 Alliteration
Write 3 key ideas/ interpretations about the
poem
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War
Conflict
Sacrifice
Poppies addresses the anxieties
and grief that parents face as
they send their children to fight
in war.
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War
Parenthood
Grief
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Enjambment
Caesura
End stopped line
The author doesn’t want to lose people to war
and is telling the audience the internal conflict
that goes through a parent when their son goes
to war.
Tells the story of a Japanese
suicide bomber who abandons
his mission out of an implied
desire to return to his loved
ones—only to then be shunned
by his community for doing so.
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Patriotism
Honour
Shame
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Asyndeton
Assonance
Alliteration
Showing the reader how pressured the kamikaze
pilots felt into doing their mission, and if they
didn’t do the mission, their family will not like
them. Also shows how the beauty of nature has
the power to change someone’s views and
opinion.
A suicidal British cavalry charge
Charge of the
Light Brigade
Themes: the top 3
against heavily defended Russian
troops at the Battle of Baklava
during the Crimean War. 800
soldiers died to honour their
country.
The poem seems to be about nationalism but in
reality, it is criticising the sacrifices made for the
charge.
Tajnim Abdul
War Photographer depicts the
experiences of a photographer
who returns home to England to
War
develop the hundreds of photos
Photographer
he has taken in an unspecified
war zone.
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War
Conflict
Empathy
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Alliteration
Assonance
The photographer is powerless but has also has
the power to shed light on the horrors of war.
Duffy is criticising the people who don’t care
about the horrors of war and who sit and stand
by while war is happening.