Literature Poetry Flashcards
What is “Request to a Year” by Judith Wright about?
Wanting a fresh start in life
What is “A Consumer’s Report” by Peter Porter about?
How people are treated like products in a consumer driven society
What is “The Telephone call” Fleur Adcock about?
Having Hope that is too high
What is “The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument” by Anne Stevenson about?
Humans should not be able to make such complex things such as babies
What is “On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a book” by Tennyson Turner about?
Death and Remembrance after Death
What is “Night Sweat” by Robert Lowell about?
It is about an author having anxiety due to writers block and how his wife is always there to support him
What is “The City Planners” by Margaret Atwood about?
Criticizing the modern boring uniform life used to hide imperfections
What is “Away Melancholy” by Steven Smith about?
It is about letting go of sadness
What is “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley about?
How nobody can escape death
What is “Funeral Blues” by WH Auden about?
How the death of the speaker’s significant other affected them
What is “Rain” by Edward Thomas about?
Having no hope left
What is “The Man with Night Sweat” by Robert Lowell about?
What HIV did to a man
What is “He Never Expected Much” by Robert Lowell about?
Acceptance to speakers limited achievements in life and simple pleasures he appreciates
What is “The Planners” by Boey Kim Cheng about?
How uniqueness is the most beautiful thing in life
What is “From a Long Distance” by Tony Harrison about?
The grief of the speakers father is feeling after the death of his wife
