Aqa Power and Conflict Anthology

Tissue by Imtiaz Dharker. The poem Tissue by Imtiaz Dharker reveals the power of a paper, and how one can use it for many different things. It is about the fragility and power of humanity, which is used as an extended metaphor all through the poem.

"War Photographer" is a poem by Scottish writer Carol Ann Duffy, the United Kingdom's poet laureate from 2009 to 2019. Originally published in 1985, "War Photographer" depicts the experiences of a photographer who returns home to England to develop the hundreds of photos he has taken in an unspecified war zone.

The poem references 'Armistice Sunday' which is also known as 'remembrance day' acts as a symbol for grief and loss, setting a mournful tone. and poppies had already been placed. The imagery of the 'poppies' is a piece of emotive symbolism that signifies the bloodshed of war as well as the mourning of those who have lost loved ones.

'Remains' is based on the experiences of a soldier who served in Basra in Iraq. ... He turned to drink, drugs and crime on his return to Britain and the poem focuses on his overwhelming feelings of guilt and his struggle to come to terms with his experience.

Wilfred Owen's poem focuses on the misery felt by World War One soldiers waiting overnight in the trenches. ... The poet has a sense of injustice about the way the soldiers are being treated. If being 'exposed' to gunfire does not kill them, then exposure to the brutal weather conditions might do.

“My Last Duchess” is a dramatic monologue in which the Duke of Ferrara tells the messenger of his potential wife's family about his previous wife, the “last” duchess of the poem's title. ... Throughout the poem, the duke reveals his belief that women are objects to be controlled, possessed, and discarded.

he poem tells the story of a brigade consisting of 600 soldiers who rode on horseback into the “valley of death” for half a league (about one and a half miles). They were obeying a command to charge the enemy forces that had been seizing their guns.

Bayonet Charge' is a poem written by Ted Hughes. It is included on the English Literature GCSE syllabus. It depicts the thoughts and feelings of one soldier as he charges at the enemy and begins to question his role in the battle.