Starter quiz

  • Which two poems from the 'Power and Conflict' poetry anthology explicitly depict a despot?
    • 'London'
    • 'Ozymandias'  ✓
    • 'Extract from the Prelude'
    • 'My Last Duchess'  ✓
  • What is a similarity between 'Ozymandias' and 'My Last Duchess'?
    • both criticise the monarchy
    • both show the power of women
    • both show the power of art  ✓
  • An introduction moves from the __________ to the __________.
    • specific, general
    • general, specific  ✓
    • poet, poem
    • language, structure
  • Which conjunctions can be used to express similarity?
    • Whereas
    • However
    • Both/and  ✓
    • Just as/so  ✓
  • Match the phrases to create completes sentences that explore similarities between 'Ozymandias' and 'My Last Duchess'.
    • Both 'Ozymandias' and 'My Last Duchess'
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      explore the abuse of power by despotic indiviudals. ✓
    • Neither Shelley or Browning
      ⇔
      commend mankind's power. ✓
    • The statue of Ozymandias is akin to
      ⇔
      the portrait of the Duchess in 'My Last Duchess'. ✓
    • The "sneer" in 'Ozymandias' is akin to
      ⇔
      the ''spot of joy'' in the Duchess' cheek. ✓
  • Both the ''sneer of cold command'' present in Ozymandias' visage ('Ozymandias') and the ''spot of joy'' present in the Duchess' cheek (My Last Duchess)...
    • expose the powerlessness of the despots in presenting themselves as supreme.  ✓
    • emphasise the power and success of the despots.
    • highlight how nature triumphed over both men.
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