Glasgow Sonnet Poem Flashcards
1
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‘A mean wind wanders through the background trash.’
2
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‘Hackles on puddles rise, old mattresses’
3
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Line 3:
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‘puff briefly and subside. Play-fortresses’
4
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Line 4:
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‘Of brick and brick-a-brac spill out some ash.’
5
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Line 5:
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‘Four storeys have no windows left to smash,’
6
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Line 6:
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‘But the fifth a chipped still buttress’
7
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Line 7:
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‘mother and daughter the last mistresses’
8
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Line 8:
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‘of black block condemned to stand, not crash.’
9
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Line 9:
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‘Around them the cracks, deepen, the rats crawl.’
10
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Line 10:
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‘The kettle whimpers on a crazy hob.’
11
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Line 11:
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‘Roses of mould grow from ceiling to wall.’
12
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Lines 12:
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‘The man lies late since he lost his job,’
13
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Line 13:
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‘smokes on one elbow, letting his cough fall’
14
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Line 14:
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‘thinly into an air too poor to rob’
