english poems Flashcards
5Ws of She walks in beauty
WHO? Lord Byron (poet-speaker) + Lady Anne Wilmot
WHEN? Romantic era 1814
WHERE? ball or funeral (because of black clothing)
WHY? in appreciation of her beauty
WHAT? his admiration of her physical appearance
5Ws of Cozy Apologia
WHO? Rita Dove (American poet) for husband Fred Viebhan
WHEN? in 1999
WHERE? East coast of the USA when Hurrican Floyd hit
WHY? To show shes happy with there ‘boring’ love
WHAT? How comfortable she is around him
5Ws of Sonnet 43
WHO? Elizabeth Barret Browning poet-speaker+Robert
Browning
WHEN? mid-19th century, Victorian era
WHERE? N/A
WHY? Personal- private poem for Robert
WHAT? Love for Robert and intimacy
5Ws of Dulce et decorum est
WHO? Wilfred Owen- an English soldier
WHEN? WW1 1917
WHERE? Written in Craiglockart but set on the Western front
WHY? To show the extreme propaganda that glorified war which is actually a huge lie.
WHAT? Physical and psychological effects a gas attack can have on a group of soldiers.
5Ws of the Manhunt
WHO? Eddie Beddoes, Laura (Wife), Simon Armitage
WHEN? written 2005, Bosnian war 1992-1995
WHERE? Bosnian War
WHY? The effect trauma has on people and their loved ones
WHAT? Injuries eddie faced and emotional and physical trauma
5Ws of the soldier
WHO? Poet-speaker Rupert Brooke
WHEN? Beginning of WW1 1914
WHERE? England
WHY? own idealism patriotism of England
WHAT? the willingness to sacrifice his life for England
5Ws of a wife in london
WHO? Thomas Hardy- poet, wife (no name)
WHEN? Victorian era, during the Boer war
WHERE? poem set in London, boer war- south africa
WHY? devastating effect war has on individuals and how grief and loss can be very difficult to handle
WHAT? a wife in London receiving news of her husbands death in battle but also right after receiving a letter from him before he died
5Ws of valentine
WHO? Carol Ann Duffy
WHEN? late 20th century (1993)
WHERE? N/A
WHY? to show unconventional perspectives of love
WHAT? Rejecting cliched presents which represent love by comparing them to unusual unexpected objects
5Ws of mametz wood
WHO? Owen sheers
WHEN? written in 2005 but writing about 1916
WHERE? 2nd battle of the somme, mametz wood in france
WHY? in remembrance of death in war
WHAT? camaraderie between soldiers and death in war
context on valentine
- a response to a challenge from a radio presenter
-a conceit and an extended metaphor
-rejects cliched presents + form
context on wife in london
- a tragedy, husbands death
- a loved ones perspective (wife)
-Boer War was 1899-1902 - war about independence, over 25,00 Boers died
context on cozy apologia
- Hurrican floyd hit east coast of the USA, 1999, ‘Big Bad Floyd’
-Fred viebhan (writer + husband) Rita dove ( wife+ poet) - First African American to serve as a poet laureate.
- Shes in her study daydreaming while the hurricane is outside
context on Sonnet 43
- love/ marriage was highly restrictive- victorian society/ era
-sonnet 43 is part of a larger sequence of sonnets called ‘sonnets from the Portuguese’ - during victorian era, women weren’t supposed to be writers = writing under a fake/ no name
- eloped with her husband, Robert Browning, after their marriage proposal was rejected by her father
context on manhunt
- eddie beddoes is an UN peake keeper
- severely injured by a bullet which swept pass his jaw into his lower chest
- suffering from PTSD (trauma)
-emotionally missing
context on she walks in beauty
- Byron’s reputation ‘mad, bad, and dangerous
- inspired by Lady Anne Wilmot whose married to Byron’s first cousin
-reversing stereotypical features (sun)
-during Romantic era, lord byron = romantic poet
context on soldier
- WW1 1914
- Sonnet- love for his country, poet- speaker
-england has given now hes giving back to England - dies 1915 due to mosquito biting
context on mametz wood
-2nd battle of the somme in france, WW1 1916
-Morden poem 2005 published
- wrote what was happening in the 38th wales division
- a proud welshman
- farmers plough these fields + discover WW1 bodies of soldiers
-4000 men died
context on dulce et decorum est
- a personal experience
- diagnosed with shell shock/PTSD and sent to Craiglockart, Scotland= war hospital
- killed a week before the armistice was signed
- awarded military cross for bravery
quotes on the manhunt
quotes on soldier
quotes on cozy apologia
