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POETRY
for SPM

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The Living Photograph

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

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A Poison Tree

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What has happened to Lulu?

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NOVEL

Them
es

Settin
g
Persona
Moral
Values

ELEMENTS OF
A POEM
(The Living
Photograph)
Literary
Devices

Persona
-a child who grows from
the age of three in the
photograph to a more
mature age.
-most likely the poet
herself

Point of View
- first person

Moral Values

1. We must treasure our

loved ones while they
are alive
2. We must try to accept
that death is a part of
life
3. We must value the
importance of family

Themes
1. Memories are to be
treasured
2. Death is a part of
life

Tone & Mood

Tone :
Descptive,sad and
reminiscing
Mood :
Sad and reflective

Setting

Time :
when the persona has
grown up.
Mood :
most likely at the family
home,looking at old
photograph.

Litery Devices

Imagery:
-enable reader to
visualise a person/scene
-describes her mother in the
photo vividly
My grandmother is tall there,
straight-back,white broderie anglaise
shirt,
pleated skirt,flat shoes,grey bun,
a kind old smile round her eyes

Litery Devices

Contrast
-differences between two
things
- 1st Stanza : grandma strong & healthy
- 2nd stanza : grandma getting older &
weaker
& finally passing away

Litery Devices

Personifi cation
-to give human-like
qualities to a
concept/non-living thing
1. Her soup forgot to boil
-implies the grandma is forgetul
2. the crinkled smile is still living,breathing
-refers to grandmas smile

Litery Devices

Symbolism
-the use of objects,plants
or animals to represent
something else
1. Photograph = memories the persona
has of her late grandmother

Litery Devices

Irony
-the use of words to
mean something very
different from what they
appear to be
1. The Living Photograph VS Grandmother is
dead

Litery Devices

Foreshadowing
-warning or indication of
a future event
1. Her sharp blue eyes look her own death in the
eye
foreshadows what is to happen next (the grandma
dies)