Poetry Anthology Flashcards

1
Q

What are the main themes of ‘If’?

A

Stoicism
Masculinity
Patriotism

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2
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What is the tone of If?

A

Positive
Motivational
Inspirational
Paternal advice

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3
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What is the form of If?

A

Dramatic monologue - ABABCDCD and Iambic pentameter

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4
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What are the main themes of Prayer Before Birth?

A

Depression
Hopelessness
Innocence

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5
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What is the tone of Prayer Before Birth?

A

Plea for help
Negative
Fearful

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6
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What is the form of Prayer Before Birth?

A

Dramatic monologue - free verse

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7
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What is the form of Blessing?

A

Irregular free verse

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8
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What is the tone of Blessing?

A

Excitement
Joy
Undercut with the struggles of poverty

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9
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What are the themes of Blessing?

A

Beauty of water/simplicity
Poverty
Drought

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10
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What is the form of Search for my tongue?

A

Dramatic monologue - free verse

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11
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What is the tone of search for my tongue?

A

Confrontational
Bitter
Agressive

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12
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What are the themes of search for my tongue?

A

Identity

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13
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What is the form of Half past two?

A

11 tercet free verse

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14
Q

What is the tone of half past two?

A

Positive
Juvenille

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15
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What are the themes of half past two?

A

Innocence of a child’s mind
Rigidity of time

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16
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What are the themes of Piano?

A

Memory
Nostalgia
Control
Masculinity

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17
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What is the form of Piano?

A

Lyric poem

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18
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What is the tone of Piano?

A

Positive and negative - antithesis of two shows the complexity/pain of nostalgia

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19
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What is the tone of Hide and Seek?

A

Negative
Dark
Alone

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20
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What is the form of Hide and Seek?

A

Monologue

21
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What are the themes of Hide and Seek?

A

Loss of innocence
Imagination of a child

22
Q

What are the themes of Sonnet 116?

A

Love - what is true love?
Confusion of true love

23
Q

What is the form of Sonnet 116?

A

Shakespearean Sonnet

24
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What is the tone of Sonnet 116?

A

Conversational

25
Q

What is the tone of La Bella Dame sans Merci?

A

Inquisitive at first
Then it becomes happy and reverential
Finally it becomes sad

26
Q

What is the form of La Bella Dame sans Merci?

A

Ballad - iambic tetrameter and last line of each stanza is iambic trimeter

27
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What are the themes of La Bella Dame sans Merci?

A

Unrequited love
Sex
Merciless women

28
Q

What is the form of Poem at Thirty Nine?

A

Free verse lyric poem

29
Q

What is the tone of Poem at Thirty Nine?

A

Conversational

30
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What are the themes of Poem at Thirty Nine?

A

Memory
Nostalgia
Love (paternal)
Grief

31
Q

What is the form of War photographer?

A

4 regular sestets

32
Q

What is the tone of War photographer?

A

matter - of - fact
distanced

33
Q

What are the themes of War photographer?

A

Guilt
Anger
Suffering
War

34
Q

What is the form of The Tyger?

A

6 quatrains in rhyming couplets

35
Q

What is the tone of The Tyger?

A

Desperate
Powerful

36
Q

What are the themes of The Tyger?

A

What is the nature of God?
If God is benevolent, how can he create evil?

37
Q

What is the form of My Last Duchess?

A

Dramatic Monologue - iambic pentameter

38
Q

What is the tone of My Last Duchess?

A

Conversational

39
Q

What are the themes of My Last Duchess?

A

Power
Control
Psychopathic villain

40
Q

What is the form of Half caste?

A

Dramatic monologue - free verse

41
Q

What is the tone of Half caste?

A

Confrontational
Bitter
Angry

42
Q

What are the themes of Half caste?

A

Identity (struggle of identity for a mixed race person)

43
Q

What is the form of Do not go gentle into that good night?

A

Villanelle - 5 tercets+1 quatrain (only 2 rhymes 2 refrains). -obsession

44
Q

What is the tone of Do not go gentle into that good night?

A

Desperate
Conversational
Pleading

45
Q

What are the themes of Do not go gentle into that good night?

A

Obsessional fear to resist death

46
Q

What is the form of Remember?

A

Petrachan sonnet - octave and sestet

47
Q

What is the tone of Remember?

A

Sentimental
Nostalgic
Mawkish
Consoling
Generous

48
Q

What are the themes of Remember?

A

Memory
Guilt
Death
Religion