Poetry

Question 1

London quotes

Answer 1

“Marks of weakness, marks of woe”
“Mind-forg’d manacles I hear”
“Hapless soldiers sigh runs in blood down palace walls”

Question 2

London context

Answer 2

Poem speaks about injustice and negative effects of industrial revolution
Lived in London so understood suffering

Question 3

London tone

Answer 3

Bitter

Question 4

London techniques

Answer 4

Hyperbole, repetition, negative semantic field

Question 5

Composed upon Westminster bridge quotes

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“The city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning”
“Mighty heart is lying still!”
“Never did the sun more beautify steep”
“The river glide through at his own sweet will”

Question 6

Composed upon Westminster bridge context

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Born in the Lake District
Admires nature
Close to the romantic movement

Question 7

Composed upon Westminster bridge tone and form

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Awe and wonder
Sonnet

Question 8

Composed upon Westminster bridge techniques

Answer 8

Hyperbole
Personification
Listing

Question 9

In Romney marsh context

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A marsh is like a foggy swamp
Water is significant
Small population in Romney

Question 10

In Romney marsh tone and form

Answer 10

Appreciation
Ballad

Question 11

Hurricane Hits England quotes

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“It took a hurricane to bring her closer to the landscape”
“O why is my heart unchained?”
“That the Earth is the Earth is the Earth”

Question 12

Hurricane hits England context

Answer 12

There was a great storm in 1987
She was born in South America, Guyana where many natural disasters occurred, mainly hurricanes.

Question 13

Hurricane hits England tone

Answer 13

Reminiscing

Question 14

Hurricane hits England techniques

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Personification
Rhetorical questions
Simile/metaphore

Question 15

Adlestrop quotes

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“Yes. I remember Adlestrop”
“All the birds of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire”
“Willows, willow-herb, and grass”

Question 16

Adlestrop Tone and form

Answer 16

Tranquil
Ballad

Question 17

Adlestrop context

Answer 17

Autobiographical memory poem
Based on memory from train station in Adlestrop
Adlestrop is quiet, small and sparse area

Question 18

Adlestrop techniques

Answer 18

Imagery
Sensory language
Enjambement

Question 19

Home thoughts from abroad context

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Homesick because he moved to Italy to help his wife since she was ill and they thought that the weather there would help her health
Fond of Romantics
Speaks of stage of seasons

Question 20

Home thoughts for Abroad tone and form

Answer 20

Nostalgic tone and lyric poem

Question 21

To Autumn quotes

Answer 21

“Thy hair soft lifted”
“Plump the hazel shells”
“Drows’d with the fume of poppies”

Question 22

To Autumn context

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Writer has an illness (about to die)
Autumn is a transitional period

Question 23

To Autumn tone and form

Answer 23

Calm and joyful tone and in an ODE (praise)

Question 24

To autumn techniques

Answer 24

Personification
Sensory language
Rhetorical questions

Question 25

Presents from my aunts in Pakistan quotes

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“I longed for the denim and corduroy” “Tried to glimpse myself in the miniature glass circles” “No fixed nationality, staring through fretwork”

Question 26

Presents from my aunts in Pakistan context

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Half Pakistani / half English. The poet is unable to embrace and caught between her two cultures.

Question 27

Presents from my aunts in Pakistan tone and form

Answer 27

Conflicted tone / unset shape

Question 28

Presents from my aunts in Pakistan techniques

Answer 28

Metaphors Colour imagery Unset shape

Question 29

Absence tone and form

Answer 29

Conflicted tone / lyric poem

Question 30

Absence context

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Revisiting a significant place where she used to go with loved one Her poetry is known for strong emotions and clarity

Question 31

Nothings changed quotes

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“Cuffs, cans, trodden on” “Plastic table top, wipe your fingers on your jeans” “District Six.”

Question 32

Nothings Changed context

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Speaker changed his name to embrace his culture Writer had the choice to identify as white in racist times but chose mixed

Question 33

Nothings Changed tone and form

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Contrasting tone / autobiography

Question 34

Nothings Changed techniques

Answer 34

Personification Jeuxdaposition Change in tone

Question 35

Where the picnic was context

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Revisiting where he used to go with his wife His wife died unexpectedly

Question 36

Where the picnic was tone

Answer 36

Grief tone

Question 37

I started early context

Answer 37

Poet didn’t always follow writing rules Romantic relationships are important

Question 38

I started early tone and form

Answer 38

Mystical tone Ballad form

Question 39

First flight context

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Poet enjoyed studying people Worked in a psychiatric hospital Two different voices

Question 40

Stewart Island context

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Set on a island ran on tourism Constantly complaining about a holiday when it’s meant to be positive

Question 41

Stewart island quotes

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“But look at all this beauty” - hotel managers wife “White sand” - positive factors “It was too cold to swim” “I had already decided to leave the country”

Question 42

Postcard from a travel snob context

Answer 42

Poet writes comedic poems A snob is an arrogant person

Question 43

Postcard from travel snob tone and form

Answer 43

Critical tone Dramatic monologue