Poems of the Decade- Overview of Poems Flashcards
1
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‘Eat me’
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- Centres around the theme of a husband that force feeds his wife
- He dominates his wife but at the end of the poem she rolls over him and suffocates him
2
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‘Chainsaw versus the Pampas Grass’
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- Predominant theme is the idea of masculinity versus femininity
- Mainly presented through personification
3
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‘Material’
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- Concentrates on one woman’s experience of realising the importance of a mother figure in a child’s life and the nostalgia surrounding this and things from the past
4
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‘History’
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- At the beach with family but reflects on the natural world and how beautiful and meaningful it is to him
- contrasts with the fear of the war that is about to come
5
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‘An easy passage’
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- Explores the contrast between an innocent and naive, young girl and an older woman who works as a secretary
- Explores the fleeting period between girlhood and womanhood
6
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‘Genetics’
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A child trying to hold on to the idea of her parent’s marriage
7
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‘To my Nine-Year-Old Self’
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- A dialogue between the poet and her childhood self
- A letter where she is reflecting on her past
