Poetry anthology Flashcards

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Who wrote death of a naturalist?

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Seamus Heaney

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Who wrote the manhunt?

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Simon Armitage

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3
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Who wrote sonnet 43

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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4
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Who wrote London

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William Blake

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5
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who wrote the soldier

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Rupert Brooke

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6
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Who wrote she walks in beauty

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Lord Byron

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7
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Who wrote A Wife In London

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Thomas Hardy

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8
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Who wrote Hawk Roosting

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Ted Huges

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9
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Who wrote to Autumn

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John Keats

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10
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Who wrote afternoons

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Philip Larkin

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11
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Who wrote Dulce et decorum est

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Wilfred Owen

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12
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Who wrote Ozymandias

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

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13
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Who wrote mametz wood

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Owen Sheers

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14
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Who wrote the Prelude

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William Wordsworth

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15
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What are the poems about nature?

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Death of a naturalist,
To autumn,
Hawk roosting,
The prelude

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16
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What are the poems about love

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Sonnet 43,
She walks in Beauty,
The soldier,
Cozy apologia,
Valentine,

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17
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Poems about loss

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The manhunt,
London,
As imperceptibly as Grief,
A wife in London,
Death of a naturalist,
To Autumn
Afternoons,
Dulce et decorum est,
Ozymandias,
Mametz wood,

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18
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Poems about power

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The soldier,
Death of a naturalist,
Hawk Roosting,
Afternoons-powerless,
Ozymandias

19
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“After the first phase”

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The Manhunt

20
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“China plate”

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Mametz wood

21
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“At intervals, stand husbands”

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Afternoons

22
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“Gargled”

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Death of a naturalist

23
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“Only then” - repetition

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The manhunt

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“Broken birds egg of a skull”

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Mametz wood

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“Worthless boys”
Cozy apologia
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“Pushing them to the side of their own lives”
Afternoons
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“Obscene threats”
Death of a naturalist
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“Fractured rudder of a shoulder blade”
Man hunt
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“Fall short of divine”
Cozy apologia
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“Hollows of afternoons”
Afternoons
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Context of the manhunt
About a real wife of a soldier in the Bosnian war
32
Context of sonnet 43
Married Robert barret browning, father disagreed. Sick for most of her life. Ran away to Italy with Robert
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Context for London
Painter/ artist, Disliked organised church and industrial revolution
34
Context for the soldier
Written in 191, Brooke never saw fighting and died of an infection so glamorised war, Used as war recruitment propaganda
35
Context for she walks in Beauty
Romantic poet, Womaniser “Mad, bad and dangerous to know” Thought to be inspired by widow “lady Wilmot”
36
Context for Living space
Born in Pakistan grew up in Glasgow Focused on the slums in Mumbai
37
Context for as imperceptibly as grief
Born in America, introverted and agoraphobic. Interest in death- witnessed loss Metaphysical poet -makes Links between the physical and spiritual world
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Context for cozy apologia
About husband Fred Comparing him to all her “worthless” boy crushes Wrote during hurricane floyd
39
Context for valentine
Asked to write an unconventional love poem by the radio First female and openly gay poet Laureate
40
Context for a wife in London
Poet against war- focused on the wife of a soldier in the Boer war Wrote during industrial revolution - London was polluted and foggy
41
Context for death of a naturalist
Grew up in rural Ireland Romantic poet Witnessed the IRA bombings
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Context for hawk roosting
Romantics poet Knew tragedy - suicide of 2 wife’s and second wife killed child aswell Under suspicion concerning the suicides
43
Context for to autumn
Romantic poet Died young- wrote when he knew he was dying
44
Context for afternoons
Wrote about post war England Misogynist “Glum accuracy about emotions” Wrote about ordinary aspects of suburban life