Duffy Poems Flashcards
1
Q
3 ‘Originally’ Quotes for the theme of change?
A
- “All childhood is an emigration.”
- “We came from our own country”
- “Shedding its skin like a snake”
2
Q
3 ‘Originally’ quotes for the theme of childhood?
A
- “All childhood is an emigration”
- “Blind toy, holding its paw”
- “Big boys eating worms”
3
Q
3 ‘Originally’ quotes for the theme of relationships?
A
- “One of them bawling Home, Home”
- “My parents’ anxiety stirred like a loose tooth in my head.”
- “See your brother swallow a slug”
4
Q
3 ‘Originally’ quotes for the theme of identity?
A
- “Originally? And I hesitate.”
- “Your accent wrong”
- “Shedding its skin like a snake.”
5
Q
3 ‘War Photographer’ quotes for the theme of relationships?
A
- “He is finally alone”
- “He remembers the cries”
- “Spools of suffering”
6
Q
3 ‘War Photographer’ quotes for the theme of identity?
A
- “Which did not tremble then though seem to now”
- “He has a job to do”
- “He is finally alone”
7
Q
3 ‘The Way My Mother Speaks’ quotes for the theme of change?
A
- “I am happy and sad.”
- “Dipped a net in a green, erotic pond.”
- “Too blue swapped for a cool grey”
8
Q
3 ‘The Way My Mother Speaks’ quotes for the theme of childhood?
A
- “Like a child who stood at the end of summer”
- “Too blue swapped for a cool grey.”
- “Dipped a net in a green erotic pond.”
9
Q
3 ‘The Way My Mother Speaks’ quotes for the theme of relationships?
A
- “The day and ever. The day and ever.”
- “The way my mother speaks”
- “I say her phrases to myself”
10
Q
3 ‘In Mrs Tilschers Class’ quotes for the theme of change?
A
- “Inky tadpoles changed from commas into exclamation marks”
- “Croaking”
- “Heavy, sexy sky”
11
Q
3 ‘In Mrs Tilschers Class’ quotes for the theme of childhood?
A
- “The classroom glowed like a sweetshop”
- “A rough boy told you how you were born”
- “Inky tadpoles changed from commas into exclamation marks”
12
Q
2 ‘In Mrs Tilschers Class’ quotes for the theme of Relationships?
A
- “Mrs Tilscher loved you”
- “You kicked him, but stared at your parents, appalled when you got back home”
13
Q
3 ‘In Mrs Tilschers Class’ quotes for identity?
A
- “Inky tadpoles changed from commas into exclamation marks”
- “Mrs Tilscher loved you”
- “You ran through the gates impatient to be grown.”
