Poetry Flashcards

1
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“Our brains —-, in the ——— iced —- —– that —– us…” (E——-)

A

“Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us…” (Exposure)

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2
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“mind-forg’d ——–”

A

“mind-forg’d manacles”

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3
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“sneer of —- ——-”

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“sneer of cold command”

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4
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“He must have ——–which had been the better way to —.”

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“He must have wondered which had been the better way to die.”

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5
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“a ——head full of powerful ———–”

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“a shaven head full of powerful incantations”

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6
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“Two —-and ——-legs of stone stand in the ——”

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“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert”

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“His blood- —–stays on the ——”

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“His blood-shadow stays on the street”

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8
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“His terror’s touchy ——-.”

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“His terror’s touchy dynamite.”

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9
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“Marks of ——-, marks of —”

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“Marks of weakness, marks of woe”

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10
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“Spools of ——-set out in ——-rows”

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“Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows”

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“The readers eye balls —–with tear between the —-and pre-lunch —–”

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“The readers eye balls prick with tear between the bath and pre-lunch beers”

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12
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“I carving out me ——–”

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“I carving out me identity”

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13
Q

“His —— life in my ——hands.”

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“His bloody life in my bloody hands.”

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14
Q

“——up me own eye with me ——–.”

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“Bandage up me own eye with me identity.”

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15
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”King, —–, human dignity ——–”

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”King, honour, human dignity etcetera”

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16
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“but ——-happens”

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“but nothing happens”

17
Q

“with sidelong flowing —— that —–”

A

“with sidelong flowing flakes that flock”

18
Q

“pale flakes with ——– stealth come feeling for our —–”

A

“pale flakes with fingering stealth come feeling for our faces”

19
Q

“slowly our —— drag home”

A

“slowly our ghosts drag home”

20
Q

“pause over half-known —–. All their eyes are —”

A

“pause over half-known faces. All their eyes are ice”

21
Q

“in raw-seamed hot —–”

A

“in raw-seamed hot khaki”

22
Q

“that ——- with rifle fire”

A

“that dazzled with rifle fire”

23
Q

“bullets smacking the —– out of the air”

A

“bullets smacking the belly out of the air”

24
Q

“In what cold ——— of the stars and the nations was he the hand pointing that ——?”

A

“In what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations was he the hand pointing that second?”

25
Q

“the shot slashed ——- threw up a yellow —-“

A

“the shot slashed furrows threw up a yellow hare”

26
Q

“probably —–, possibly not”

A

“probably armed, possibly not”

27
Q

“i see every —- as it rips through his —-“

A

“i see every round as it rips through his life”

28
Q

”—— his guts back into his —-“

A

“tosses his guts back into his body”

29
Q

“and the —– and the —– won’t flush him out”

A

“and the drink and the drugs won’t flush him out”

30
Q

“dug in behind —– lines”

A

“dug in behind enemy lines”

31
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“a priest ——— to intone a mass”

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“a priest preparing to intone a mass”

32
Q

“running children in a ——— heat”

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“running children in a nightmare heat”

33
Q

“a half-formed —–”

A

“a half-formed ghost”

34
Q

“till gradually we too learned to be ——”

A

“till gradually we too learned to be silent”