Poems Of The Anthology

Question 1

What is the Manhunt about?

Answer 1

A soldiers wife comes to term with the physical and emotional damage caused by war when she meets her husband after fighting

Question 2

What is Sonnet 43 about?

Answer 2

A poem in which Browning explains her love for her fiancé. She presents this love as pure, spiritual and powerful

Question 3

What is London about?

Answer 3

William Blake presents London as a place of corruption, degradation and exploitation

Question 4

What is the soldier about?

Answer 4

Patriotic poem celebrating both English superiority and the sacrifices made. An extremely naive perception of war

Question 5

What is she walks in beauty about?

Answer 5

Byron wrote this poem immediately after observing this woman at a party and is wearing a mourning dress. The poem explores what captured him and her natural beauty - both physical and emotional

Question 6

What is living space about?

Answer 6

Dharker comments on a slum in India and the conditions they seem to live in. A community’s optimistic, hopeful and faith and now they refuse to give up