CONTEXTS Flashcards
Carol Ann Duffy
Uses everyday objects in her work
tackles subjects like gender, love, violence encouraging reader to explore from different points of view
Heaney
Grew up on farm in N. Ireland Father's side - farming family Mother's side - local linen mills: exposure to nature 4 yr old brother died in a car accident Poems about loss of innocence
Ted Hughes
Grew up in countryside in Yorkshire
Written children’s books - like a child bragging?
Hawk - bird of prey
Philip Larkin
Very restricted life
Never travelled abroad / married
reason for negative + miserable poetry
Wilfred Owen
WW1
Fought and died
When in hospital he had the chance to meet Siegfried Sassoon, had major impact on his life as they were both angered by the treatment of those fighting in war
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Romantic - powerful views about French Revolution - believed in equality and freedom
‘a radical’ - different in thinking for his time
Wordsworth
Embraced ideals of French Revolution - came to hate all forms of tyranny
Autobiographical poem
Parents died before he was 15 - he and his siblings brought up by different parents
Spent lots of time exploring countryside - able to embrace nature
