poetry

Question 1

war: the manhunt: trace…

Answer 1

Trace the frozen river which ran through his face

Question 2

war: the manhunt: foetus…

Answer 2

The foetus of metal beneath his chest

Question 3

war: dulce: the old lie..

Answer 3

The old lie: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

Question 4

war: dulce: blood gargling…

Answer 4

The blood come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs

Question 5

war: dulce: asleep

Answer 5

Men marched asleep

Question 6

love: valentine: onion..

Answer 6

Not a red rose or a satin heart; I give you an onion

Question 7

love: valentine: cling

Answer 7

Lethal. its scent will cling to your fingers, cling to your knife

Question 8

love: cozy apologia: stolen…

Answer 8

I fill this stolen time with you

Question 9

love: cozy apologia: teenage…

Answer 9

Teenage crushes on worthless boys whose only talent was to kiss you senseless

Question 10

love: cozy apologia: anything..

Answer 10

I could pick anything and think of you

Question 11

time: afternoons: the lovers…

Answer 11

But the lovers are all at school

Question 12

time: afternoons: summer…

Answer 12

Summer is fading

Question 13

time: to autumn: close…

Answer 13

Close bosom friend of the maturing sun

Question 14

time: to autumn: fill….

Answer 14

Fill all fruit with ripeness to the core

Question 15

power: hawk roosting: creation…

Answer 15

Now I hold Creation in my foot

Question 16

power: hawk roosting: i kill…

Answer 16

I kill where I please because it is all mine

Question 17

the manhunt: context

Answer 17

perspective of a wife of a soldier suffering from ptsd

by simon armitage

Question 18

dulce: context

Answer 18

wilfred owen was killed in action one week before the end of ww1

by wilfred owen

Question 19

valentine: context

Answer 19

duffy was the first female and openly lgbt poet laureate

written by carol ann duffy

Question 20

cozy apologia: context

Answer 20

set against the arrival of hurricane floyd

by rita dove, who is married to fred

Question 21

afternoons: context

Answer 21

larkin never married or had children

by philip larkin

Question 22

to autumn: context

Answer 22

keats died young shortly after this poem was written

by john keats

Question 23

hawk roosting: context

Answer 23

ted hughes was poet laureate and was interested in nature

by ted hughes

Question 24

mametz wood: context

Answer 24

written by owen sheers about a battle in france during ww1 where the welsh division lost 4800 men.

Question 25

a wife in london: context

Answer 25

written about the boer war of 1899-1902 by thomas hardy

Question 26

the soldier: context

Answer 26

by rupert brooke who had never fought on the frontlines

Question 27

belonging: london: chimney….

Answer 27

How the chimney sweepers cry

Question 28

belonging: london: youthful…

Answer 28

How the youthful harlots curse

Question 29

belonging: living space: bright…

Answer 29

The bright thin walls of faith

Question 30

belonging: living space: nails…

Answer 30

Nails clutch at open seams

Question 31

power: ozymandias: i met…

Answer 31

I met a traveller from an antique land

Question 32

power: ozymandias: look on…..

Answer 32

Look on my works, ye Mighty and despair! Nothing beside remains.

Question 33

power: ozymandias: two vast…

Answer 33

Two vast and trunkless legs of stones

Question 34

power: hawk roosting: i sit…

Answer 34

I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed.

Question 35

power: hawk roosting: my manners..

Answer 35

My manners are tearing off heads.

Question 36

power: hawk roosting: the earth…

Answer 36

The earth’s face upwards for my inspection.

Question 37

power: hawk roosting: i am….

Answer 37

I am going to keep things like this.