November mocks Flashcards
Provide context for the poem ‘A poison tree’
William Blake was a 19th century poet and artist who lived in London, who, due to political affairs and policy, gained insight for writing to instigate change.
He did not like the city in which he lived in as it was full of greed and corruption.
Who wrote ‘a poison tree’
William Blake
Provide context for ‘Cousin Kate’
The speaker, Christina Rossetti, was a 19th century poet whose work was best known within the Victorian era. Her views towards society were depicted within her poems, perceiving women’s roles and expectations to conform ‘moral standards’. This is shown in Cousin Kate, as the speaker had been with a nobleman who did not love her even though she loved him, but strove to strip her of her innocence and purity. Unlike the speaker, Cousin Kate doesn’t love the nobleman but instead desires his wealth and status. Out of the speakers relationship she has been made redundant with a child.
Who wrote Cousin Kate
Christina Rossetti
Provide context for ‘Half-Caste’
John agard is a mixed-race poet and writer whose views on the the term ‘Half-caste’ are disapprovingly satiric; this is apparent within the poem Half-Caste as it exploits and mocks society’s ridiculousness. Comparisons and contradictions within the poem indicates the sole stupidity of the terms usage. His mother is from Portugal and his father is from Guyana, they moved to England is 1977.
He was born in 1949 and is living as of presently.
Who wrote Half-Caste?
John Agard
Provide context for ‘Catrin’
Clarke is a welsh poet + playwright who has been awarded many honours. She has three children, two boys and a girl, therefore motherhood is a topic she has a lot of experience within. She writes about nature and utilises natural imagery. Within the poem she explored both the birth of her daughter, presumably Catrin, and the implications they face as the child grows older. It explores conflict within a maternal relationship, faced both by the child and mother.
Who wrote Catrin?
Gillian Clarke
Provide context for ‘The Class Game’
Mary Casey was a 20th century poet who tackled discrimination, due to being apart of the working class. She dies in January, 1980 in Dorset.
Within her poem she contrasts the differences between living in the working class and living within the upper classes. She is bluntly affirmative and demands answers with her questioning and declarative use of rhetoric.
Who wrote The Class Game?
Mary Casey
Provide context of ‘No problem’
Benjamin Zephaniah was raised in Jamaica and Birmingham, England, but left school when he was 14. He was born in 1958 and is living as of this day. He holds many honorary university degrees from UK universities and his work contains rhythmical and lyrical forms of speech; derived from political movements. Within ‘No problem’ Zephaniah remains hopeful, optimistic but at the same time serious. He has been challenged with social expectations, stereotypes and forms of discrimination and remains true to how he, and coloured people, are not the issue, but instead, the ones perpetrating the abuse.
Who wrote No problem?
Benjamin Zephaniah
