Poem Anthology context Flashcards
To my sister (Wordsworth) (3)
1) Romantic poet - reflecting power of nature
and our place within it
2)Poem was written after depression because
of moving to somerset
3) Lived with sister Dorothy
Sunday dip (Clare) (2)
1) Romantic poet - celebrates the beauty and
power of nature
2) Clare grew up in small, rural village with little formal education. His joy and poetry are both simple.
Mild the Mist Upon the Hill (Brontë) (2)
1) Romantic - celebrates beauty and power of
nature
2) Lived a quiet and reclusive life in Yorkshire countryside.
Captain Cook (Landon) (2)
1) Landon and her brother were very close
when young but fell out with age
2) Captain Cook was a famous explorer, with
voyages in Australia and therefore was
inspirational
Clear and Gentle stream (Bridges) (2)
1) Bridges known for his deeply lyrical poetry
that reflected passing of time
2) Bridges wrote hymns and this poem was
sung. Repetition adds musicality
I Remember, I Remember (Hood) (2)
1) Hood became an invalid at the age of 41
2) Poetry reflects some Romantic ideals of
nature and childhood.
Island Man (Nichols) (2)
1) Nichols is form Guyana in the Caribbean and
moved to the UK
2) Nichols moved shortly after the Windrush
generation
Peckham Rye Lane (Blakemore) (3)
1) Blakemore lives in London and uses
experience of living in a big city
2) described as being rebellious by literary
judge
3) Mentions Blake who also immortalized
London in poems
We Refugees (Zephaniah) (2)
1) Zephaniah is a strong advocate of human
rights and equality
2) Declined Order of the British Empire award
due to feeling “Empire” represents
oppression.
Us (Kunial) (2)
1) Kunial is a British-Pakistani and seeks to unify
his cultural heritage
2) Kunial believes modern society needs to
work more as a group to be unified
In Wales, wanting to be Italian (Dharker) (3)
1) Dharker moved from Pakistan to Glasgow as
a child
2) Vespas are small Italian scooters, popular
when Dharker was growing up
3) Reference to Freddie Mercury who was a
convention of defiance - was Indian but
focused on is nationality of Zanzibar.
Kumukanda (Chingonyi) (2)
1) Chingonyi born in Zambia in 1987 and moved
to UK age six
2) Most of his work focuses on heritage, race
and having a hybrid identity
Jamaican British (Antrobus) (2)
1) Antrobus is biracial, Jamaican and British
2) Contains references to Britain’s colonial past
with Jamaica, which grew sugar plantations
My Mother’s Kitchen (Hardi) (2)
1) Family fled from Iraq. After several stages of
forced displacement, she was granted
refugee status in England.
2) Hardi’s parents decided to go home after
years of being away
The Émigrée (Rumens) (2)
1) talks about the plight of many wars around the world
2) Émigrée is the female spelling of emigrant, someone who has had to leave their country
