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(5) Which Poems cover Romanticism?

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Excerpt from the prelude (Wordsworth), She walks in beauty (Lord Byron), Ozymandias (Percy Shelley), London (William Blake), Sonnet 43 (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

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What did romantic poets believe in?

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  • That nature and love are more important than truth and reason
  • Preoccupied with nature and emotions
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Give two Romantic ideas/statements related to the movement:

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  • The ideal man is an artist or poet as he brings nature to people’s attention
  • Beauty in nature should be shocking - mixing fear with fascination
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(8) Which poems cover love?

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Living space (Dharker - Community), death of a naturalist (Heaney), excerpt from the prelude (Wordsworth), As imperceptibly as grief (Dickinson), She walks in beauty (Byron), sonnet 43 (Elizabeth Barrett Browning), Valentine (Duffy), Cozy apologia (Dove)

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What elements of love can be explored?

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  • love is an abstract noun
  • love can change, adapt and disappear
  • Love causes happiness and pain
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(8) Which poems are covered by war and conflict?

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London (Blake), Ozymandias (Shelly), Living space (Dharker), A wife in London (Hardy), The manhunt (Armitage), The soldier (Brookes), Dulce et Decorum Est (Owen), Mametz wood (shears)

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What elements of War and conflict can you explore?

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  • Propaganda used to persuade men to go to war
  • The brutality of war - PTSD
  • The government powers (Ozymandias)
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What are the two main themes?

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Love and War

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Death of a Naturalist (1) -

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  • the flax-dam festered in the heart of in the heart of the townland
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Death of a Naturalist (2) -

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  • warm thick slobber of frogspawn that grew like clotted water
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Death of a Naturalist (3) -

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jampotfuls of the jellied specks to range on window sills at home

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Death of a Naturalist (4) -

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Miss Walls would tell us… how the mammy frogs laid hundreds of little eggs and this was frogspawn

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Death of a Naturalist (5) -

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Poised like mud grenades

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14
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Who wrote Death of a naturalist?

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Seamus Heaney

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15
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What themes does Death of a Naturalist cover?

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Nature and War

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16
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Excerpt from the Prelude (1)

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Excerpt (small part)

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Excerpt from the Prelude (2)

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I heeded not the summons - happy times

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Excerpt from the Prelude (3)

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woodland pleasures, the resounding horn, the loud pack bellowing, and the hunted Hare

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19
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Excerpt from the Prelude (4)

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not a voice was idle

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20
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Excerpt from the Prelude (5)

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the distant hills

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21
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Who wrote Excerpt from the prelude?

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William Wordsworth

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What is the main theme covered in Excerpt from the prelude?

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Nature

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23
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To Autumn (1)

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season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

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To Autumn (2)

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o’er brimm’d their clammy cells

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25
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To Autumn (3)

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fume of poppies

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26
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To Autumn (4)

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where are the songs of spring?

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To Autumn (5)

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  • full grown lambs
  • hedge crickets
  • gathering swallows
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28
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Who wrote To Autumn?

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John Keats

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29
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What are the main themes covered in To Autumn?

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Nature and wonder/fragility of life

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30
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Hawk Roosting ()

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I sit in the top of the wood

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31
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Hawk Roosting ()

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earth’s face up for my inspection

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32
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Hawk Roosting ()

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I took the whole of creation

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33
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Hawk Roosting ()

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My manners are tearing off heads

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34
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Hawk Roosting ()

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The sun is behind me

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35
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Who wrote Hawk Roosting?

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Ted Hughes

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36
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What are the main themes in Hawk Roosting?

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Nature, Power and leadership

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37
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As imperceptibly as Grief (1)

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as grief (collective grief of America) - civil war

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38
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As imperceptibly as Grief (2)

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Summer lapsed away

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39
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As imperceptibly as Grief (3)

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Twilight long begun

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40
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As imperceptibly as Grief (4)

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Grace

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41
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As imperceptibly as Grief (5)

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Keel

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42
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Who wrote As imperceptibly as Grief?

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Emily Dickinson

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43
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What is the main theme in As imperceptibly as Grief?

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Death/Passing of Time

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44
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She walks in beauty (1)

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She walks in beauty - cousin in mourning

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45
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She walks in beauty (2)

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aspect and her eyes - womaniser

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46
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She walks in beauty (3)

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raven tress - an omen of bad luck

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47
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She walks in beauty (4)

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so soft, so calm yet eloquent - objectification

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48
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She walks in beauty (5)

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a heart whose love is innocent - take innocents? assumptions

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49
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Who wrote She walks in beauty?

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Lord Byron

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50
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She walks in beauty main theme:

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Love/gender inequality

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51
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Valentine (1)

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not a red rose or a satin heart

52
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Valentine (2)

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an onion

53
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Valentine (3)

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blind you with tears

54
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Valentine (4)

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platinum loops shrink to a wedding ring

55
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Valentine (5)

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cling to your fingers, cling to your knife

56
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Valentine main theme:

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Love/against tradition

57
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Who wrote Valentine?

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Carol Ann Duffy

58
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Cozy Apologia (1)

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Cozy apologia - Fred viebahn - taking time to appreciate him

59
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Cozy Apologia (2)

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my pen exudes, drying matt upon the page

60
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Cozy Apologia (3)

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chain mail glinting

61
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Cozy Apologia (4)

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sweet with dark and hollow centres - previous relationships

62
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Cozy Apologia (5)

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Floyd’s - Hurricane - previous relationships

63
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Cozy Apologia main themes:

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Love/life

64
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Who wrote Cozy apologia?

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Rita Dove

65
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Afternoons (1)

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summer is fading - he focused on the negative

66
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Afternoons (2)

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young mothers assemble

67
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Afternoons (3)

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Our wedding, lying - love forgotten when you have kids

68
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Afternoons (4)

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the lovers are all in school

69
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Afternoons (5)

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unripe acorns, expect to be taken home - children are carefree

70
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Afternoons main themes:

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Life/Children

71
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Who wrote Afternoons?

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Philip Larkin

72
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London (1)

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Charter’d streets … Charter’d Thames - man taking over nature

73
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London (2)

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In every cry - the brink of disaster (Crowds)

74
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London (3)

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blackning church appalls - religion forced

75
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London (4)

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soldiers sigh runs in blood down palace walls

76
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London (5)

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youthful harlots curse

77
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London main themes:

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romanticism/antiestablishment

78
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Who wrote London?

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William Blake

79
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Living space (1)

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Living space - not home

80
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Living space (2)

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not enough straight lines - materialistic and confined

81
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Living space (3)

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the miraculous - hope is important

82
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Living space (4)

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eggs in a wire basket - trapped

83
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Living space (5)

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slanted universe - wider comment - little intervention by government

84
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Living space main theme:

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anti-globalistion

85
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Who wrote Living space?

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Imtiaz Dharker

86
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Ozymandias (1)

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I met a traveller from an antique land

87
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Ozymandias (2)

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Ozymandias - based on a pharaoh who despised his people

88
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Ozymandias (3)

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Sculptor well those passions read - the skill of the artist, not the leader

89
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Ozymandias (4)

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king of kings - supremacy

90
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Ozymandias main themes:

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Dictatorship/power

91
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Who wrote Ozymandias?

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Percy Shelley

92
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A wife in London (1)

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A wife - social position (Boer War)

93
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A wife in London (2)

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Tragedy

94
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A wife in London (3)

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Tawny Vapour - fog

95
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A wife in London (4)

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Irony - emphasis on distance

96
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A wife in London (5)

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home planned jaunts

97
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A wife in London main themes:

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war/love/tragedy

98
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who wrote A wife in London?

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Thomas Hardy

99
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The Manhunt (1)

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After the first phase, after passionate nights and intimate days - injuries of Eddie - Bosnia Mission 21st Century

100
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The Manhunt (2)

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a frozen river which ran through his face - gunshot wound

101
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The Manhunt (3)

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feel the hurt of his grazed heart - PTSD

102
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The Manhunt (4)

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unexploded mine buried deep in his mind

103
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The Manhunt (5)

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Then and only then did I get close - trying to empathise

104
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Who wrote The Manhunt?

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Simon Armitage

105
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The Manhunt main themes:

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war/loss/love/injury

106
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The soldier (1)

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The soldier - appeal to young men - when innocent

107
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The soldier (2)

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whom England bore, shaped, made aware - personifying England as a motherly figure

108
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The soldier (3)

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all evil shed away - (WW1) dying is okay as it is glorious

109
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The soldier (4)

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laughter learnt of friends and gentleness - appeals to nature of young men

110
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The soldier (5)

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English heaven - death is a certainty

111
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The soldier main themes:

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Propaganda/glorification of war

112
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Who wrote The soldier?

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Rupert Brookes

113
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Dulce et Decorum Est (1)

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like old beggars under sacks - good to bad life

114
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Dulce et Decorum Est (2)

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Drunk with fatigue - carried on regardless

115
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Dulce et Decorum Est (3)

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Gas! Gas! Quick Boys! - gas - sibilance = spreading of disease, gas and death

116
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Dulce et Decorum Est (4)

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a wagon that we flung him in - men objectified

117
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Dulce et Decorum Est (5)

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Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori - Propaganda - glorification of death

118
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Dulce et Decorum Est main themes:

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War/death

119
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Who wrote Dulce et Decorum Est?

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Wilfred Owen

120
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Mametz Wood (1)

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years afterwards farmers found him - forgotten

121
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Mametz Wood (2)

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broken birds egg of a skull - machinery vs Welshmen

122
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Mametz Wood (3)

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were told to walk, not run - incompetence of officers

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Mametz Wood (4)

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Earth stands sentinel - guarding men yet to be dug up -guarding memories

124
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Mametz Wood main themes:

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War/Obsession/Death

125
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Who wrote Mametz Wood?

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Owen Shears

126
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Mametz Wood (5)

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absent tongues - ability to express emotion or ideas is lost

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