Poetry Anthology Flashcards

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1
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Name four quotes from exposure

Back on ……… ……

……… iced east ….. that ….. us

For the love of … seems …..

Twitch ……. Of …

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Back on forgotten dreams
Merciless iced east winds that knive us
For the love of god seems dying
Twitching agonies of men

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Name five quotes from remains

I see every ….. as it …. Through … ….

His …… life in my …… hands

… of ….. except not …….

On ……. ……..

Tosses his …. Back …. His ….

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I see every round as it rips through his life
His bloody life in my bloody hands
End of story except not really
On another occasion
Tosses his guts back into his body
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Name two quotes from tissue

…. Slips

What was …. By …… card ….. fly our lives like ….. …..

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Fine slips

What was paid by credit card might fly our lives like paper kites

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Name four quotes from bayonet charge

Bullets …….. the …. Out of the …

……… tear

…….. like …… iron from the …… of his …..

Shot-……. Furrows

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Bullets smacking the belly out of the air
Patriotic tear
Sweating like molten iron from the centre of his chest
Shot-slashed furrows

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Name four quotes from checking out me history

De … who …. Over de ….

Bandage up me … with me own …….

… tell me … dem …. To …. ..

But … never tell me …. Mary …….

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De cow who jump over de moon
Bandage up me eye with me own history
Dem tell me wha dem want to tell me
But dem never tell me bout Mary seacole

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Name four quotes from London

In every ……. Cry of ….

…….. hearse

……… street

Runs in ….. down …… walls

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In every infants cry of fear
Marriage hearse
Chartered street
Runs in blood down palace walls

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Name four quotes from my last duchess

As if she were …..

My …. Of a …. Hundred year old ….

Since none puts by the ……. I have ….. for you but .

That’s .. last ……. Painted .. the ….

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As if she were alive
My gift of a nine hundred year old name
Since none puts by the curtain I have drawn for you but i
That’s my last duchess painted on the wall

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Name four quotes from kamikaze

Built ……. Of Pearl-…. …….

Her …… …….. at sunrise

Flashing …… as their ……. Swivelled towards the …

A ……. Sword in the …….

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Built cairns of Pearl-grey pebbles
Her father embarked at sunrise
Flashing silver as their bellies swivelled towards the sun
A samurai sword in the cockpit

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Name four quotes from the emigrée

The …… filled ….. weight

But I am ……. By an ……….. of ……..

The ….. streets of that …. The …….. slopes

I have no ……… there’s no way …. At all

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The bright filled paper weight
But I am branded by an impression of sunlight
The white streets of that city, the graceful slopes
I have no passport, there’s no way back at all

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Name four quotes from war photographer

With …… of ……… set out in ……. Rows

All ….. is …..

….. stained into ……. Dust

The only ….. is … and …… glows

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With spools of suffering set out in ordered rows
All flesh is grass
Blood stained into foreign dust
The only light is red and softly glows

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Name four quotes from storm on the island

Leaves and …….. can raise a …… chorus

We are ……..

Nor are there …..

It is a huge ……. That we ….

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Leaves and branches can raise a tragic chorus
We are prepared
Nor are there trees
It is a huge nothing that we fear

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Name four quotes from charge of the light brigade

All in the …… of ….

Into the …. Of ….. into the ….. of ….

Storm’s at …. Shot and …..

Noble … …….

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All in the valley of death
Into the jaws of death into the mouth of hell
Storm’d at with shot and shell
Noble six hundred

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Name five quotes from the prelude

A …… boat tied to . ……. ….

I …….. her …..

It was an … of ……. And …….. ……..

Like a ….

A huge …. Black and ….

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A little boat tied to a willow tree
I unloosed her chain
It was an act of stealth and troubled pleasure
Like a swan
A huge peak black and huge
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Name four quotes from ozymandias

Two …. and ……… legs of …..

The …. That ….. ….

Ye ….. and ……!

……… and ….

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Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
The hand that mocked them
Ye mighty and despair!
Boundless and bare

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Name four quotes from poppies

…… of paper …

……….. of your ….

The world ……….. like a …….. …..

The …. Pulled freely ……. The …

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Spasms of paper red
Blackthorns of your hair
The world overflowing like a treasure chest
The dove pulled freely against the sky

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16
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Name four quotes from poppies

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Spasms of paper red
Blackthorns of your hair
The world overflowing like a treasure chest
The dove pulled freely against the sky

17
Q

Name four quotes from ozymandias

A

Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
The hand that mocked them
Ye mighty and despair!
Boundless and bare

18
Q

Name five quotes from the prelude

A
A little boat tied to a willow tree
I unloosed her chain
It was an act of stealth and troubled pleasure
Like a swan
A huge peak black and huge
19
Q

Name four quotes from charge of the light brigade

A

All in the valley of death
Into the jaws of death into the mouth of hell
Storm’d at with shot and shell
Noble six hundred

20
Q

Name four quotes from storm on the island

A

It is a huge nothing that we fear
Leaves and branches can raise a tragic chorus
We are prepared
Nor are there trees

21
Q

Name four quotes from war photographer

A

With spools of suffering set out in ordered rows
All flesh is grass
Blood stained into foreign dust
The only light is red and softly glows

22
Q

Name four quotes from the emigrée

A

The bright filled paper weight
But I am branded by an impression of sunlight
The white streets of that city, the graceful slopes
I have no passport, there’s no way back at all

23
Q

Name four quotes from kamikaze

A

Built cairns of Pearl-grey pebbles
Her father embarked at sunrise
Flashing silver as their bellies swivelled towards the sun
A samurai sword in the cockpit

24
Q

Name four quotes from my last duchess

A

As if she were alive
My gift of a nine hundred year old name
Since none puts by the curtain I have drawn for you but i
That’s my last duchess painted on the wall

25
Q

Name four quotes from London

A

In every infants cry of fear
Marriage hearse
Chartered street
Runs in blood down palace walls

26
Q

Name four quotes from checking out me history

A

De cow who jump over de moon
Bandage up me eye with me own history
Dem tell me wha dem want to tell me
But dem never tell me bout Mary seacole

27
Q

Name four quotes from bayonet charge

A

Sweating like molten iron from the centre of his chest
Shot slashed furrows
Bullets smacking the belly out the air
Patriotic tear

28
Q

Name two quotes from tissue

A

Fine slips

What was paid by credit card might fly our lives like paper kites

29
Q

Name five quotes from remains

A
I see every round as it rips through his life
His bloody life in my bloody hands 
On another occasion
Tosses his guts back into his body
End of story except not really
30
Q

Name four quotes from exposure

A

Back on forgotten dream
Merciless iced east winds that knive us
Twitching agonies of men
For the love of god seems dying