Context To 4 Poems

Question 1

Tissues

Answer 1

The poem comes from the 2006 collection “The terrorist at my table” focused on global politics, terrorism, religion and fundamentalism. Tissue is the first poem in the collection so acts as a preface to explore the source of fundamentalism

Question 2

Exposure

Answer 2

Wilfred own pursued a career in the church
Became a soldier and died one week before the armistice in 1918
He wanted to his work to express the true horror of war instead of internalising it

Question 3

The emigree

Answer 3

The poem was contained in the 1993 collection of thinking of skins ,which is centred on the political consciousness in Russia and eastern europe

While writing these poems charol travel abround Russia and eastern europe and was inspired to. White emigree by what she saw

Question 4

Ozymandias

Answer 4

Shelly was anti religion ,anti monarchy and pacafist
His poems spread rejections of institutions of power and to spread political messages which needed to be accsesable to all
Rameses ll was egiption pharoh from 1279-1239BC and has the throne name ozymandias