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Cozy Apologia Flashcards

1
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Who wrote ‘Cozy Apologia’?

A

Rita Dove

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2
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When was ‘Cozy Apologia’ written?

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2004

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3
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What is different about ‘Cozy Apologia’ compared to other love poems?

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  • defence against being comfortable with ‘average’ relationship
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4
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What does the rhyme scheme and structure of ‘Cozy Apologia’ symbolise?

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harmony of their relationship

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5
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What type of poem is ‘Cozy Apologia’?

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an ode

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6
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Why does Rita Dove feel secure even when there is a Hurricane?

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she is comfortable in her relationship and safe

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7
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How is a hurricane like passionate love?

A

comes and goes

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What is the rhyme scheme of ‘Cozy Apologia’ like?

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rhyming couplets

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9
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What is the structure of ‘Cozy Apologia’ like?

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three stanzas
all with ten lines

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10
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Where does Rita Dove use a cliché in ‘Cozy Apologia’?

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1st stanza

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11
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When was the Hurricane Floyd?

A

1999

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12
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Where did the Hurricane Floyed affect?

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East Coast of USA
Bahamas

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13
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How big was Hurricane Floyd?

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6th largest recorded

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14
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How much damage did Hurricane Floyd cause?

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$6.5 billion

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15
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How many people died in Hurricane Floyd?

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87 people died

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16
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What was Rita Dove?

A

Poet Laureate

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17
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Where is Rita Dove from?

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America

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18
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What did Rita Dove often write about in her poetry?

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racial issues
human condition

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19
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finish the quote : ‘I could pick…

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..anything’

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20
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finish the quote : ‘and think…

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….of you’

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21
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finish the quote : ‘this lamp…

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…the wind-still rain’

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22
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finish the quote : ‘the glossy blue…

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…my pen exudes’

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23
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finish the quote : ‘drying matte…

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…upon the page’

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24
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finish the quote : ‘I could choose…

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…any hero’

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25
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finish the quote : ‘any cause…

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or age’

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26
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finish the quote : ‘sure as…

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…shooting arrows to the heart’

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27
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finish the quote : ‘astride a…

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…dappled mare’

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28
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finish the quote : ‘legs braced…

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…as far apart’

29
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finish the quote : ‘as standing in….

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…silver stirrups will allow’

30
Q

finish the quote : ‘there you’ll..

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be’

31
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finish the quote : ‘with…

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…furrowed brow’

32
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finish the quote : ‘and chain mail…

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…glinting’

33
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finish the quote : ‘to set…

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…me free’

34
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finish the quote : ‘one eye…

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…smiling’

35
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finish the quote : ‘the other…

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…firm upon the enemy’

36
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finish the quote : ‘this…

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…post-post modern age’

37
Q

finish the quote : ‘is all….

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…business’

38
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finish the quote : ‘compact disks…

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….and faxes’

39
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finish the quote : ‘do it now…

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…and take no risks event’

40
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finish the quote : ‘today a hurricane…

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…is nudging up the coast’

41
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finish the quote : ‘nudging….

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…up the coast’

42
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finish the quote : ‘oddly..

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…male’

43
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finish the quote : ‘Big Bad….

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…Floyd’

44
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What does Big Bad Floyd sound like?

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Big Bad Wolf

45
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What do hurricanes and Big Bad Wolf have in common?

A

blow your house down!

46
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finish the quote : ‘who brings a…

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…host of daydreams’

47
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finish the quote : ‘awkward reminiscences….

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….of teenage crushes’

48
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finish the quote : ‘on worthless…

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…boys’

49
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finish the quote : ‘whose only talent was…

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..to kiss you senseless’

50
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finish the quote : ‘they all had…

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..sissy names’

51
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finish the quote : ‘Marcel…

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…Percy, Dewey’

52
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What are the three boys called in ‘Cozy Apologia’?

A

Marcel
Percy
Dewey

53
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finish the quote : ‘were thin as…

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…liquorice’

54
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finish the quote : ‘and as…

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…chewy’

55
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finish the quote : ‘sweet with a…

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…dark and hollow center’

56
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When does Rita Dove use enjambment?

A

from 2nd stanza into 3rd
‘Floyd’s cussing up a storm’

57
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Why does Rita Dove use enjambment?

A

blurring of imagination/reflection and reality

58
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finish the quote : ‘Floyd’s…

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…cussing up a storm’

59
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finish the quote : ‘you’re bunkered….

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…in your Aerie’

60
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finish the quote : ‘I’m perched…

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…in mine’

61
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finish the quote : ‘(twin desks….

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…computers, hardwood floors)’

62
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finish the quote : ‘we’re content but…

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…fall short of the divine’

63
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finish the quote : ‘still it’s embarrassing…

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…this happiness’

64
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finish the quote : ‘who’s satisfied simply with….

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…what’s good for us’

65
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finish the quote : ‘when has the…

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…ordinary ever been news’

66
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finish the quote : ‘and yet…

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…because there is nothing else to do’

67
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finish the quote : ‘to keep me from..

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…melancholy’

68
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finish the quote : ‘(call it…

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…blues)’

69
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finish the quote : ‘I fill this…

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….stolen time with you’

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