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1
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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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Who wrote sonnet 43

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Who wrote London

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William Blake

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who wrote the soldier

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Rupert Brooke

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Who wrote she walks in beauty

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Lord Byron

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Who wrote A Wife In London

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Thomas Hardy

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Who wrote Hawk Roosting

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Ted Huges

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Who wrote to Autumn

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John Keats

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Who wrote afternoons

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Philip Larkin

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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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Who wrote mametz wood

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Owen Sheers

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Who wrote the Prelude

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William Wordsworth

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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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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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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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Poems about power

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

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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

24
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“Broken birds egg of a skull”

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Mametz wood

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“Worthless boys”

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Cozy apologia

26
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“Pushing them to the side of their own lives”

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Afternoons

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“Obscene threats”

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Death of a naturalist

28
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“Fractured rudder of a shoulder blade”

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Man hunt

29
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“Fall short of divine”

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Cozy apologia

30
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“Hollows of afternoons”

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Afternoons

31
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Context of the manhunt

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About a real wife of a soldier in the Bosnian war

32
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Context of sonnet 43

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Married Robert barret browning, father disagreed.
Sick for most of her life.
Ran away to Italy with Robert

33
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Context for London

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Painter/ artist,
Disliked organised church and industrial revolution

34
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Context for the soldier

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Written in 191,
Brooke never saw fighting and died of an infection so glamorised war,
Used as war recruitment propaganda

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Context for she walks in Beauty

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Romantic poet,
Womaniser
“Mad, bad and dangerous to know”
Thought to be inspired by widow “lady Wilmot”

36
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Context for Living space

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Born in Pakistan grew up in Glasgow
Focused on the slums in Mumbai

37
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Context for as imperceptibly as grief

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Born in America, introverted and agoraphobic.
Interest in death- witnessed loss
Metaphysical poet -makes Links between the physical and spiritual world

38
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Context for cozy apologia

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About husband Fred
Comparing him to all her “worthless” boy crushes
Wrote during hurricane floyd

39
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Context for valentine

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Asked to write an unconventional love poem by the radio
First female and openly gay poet Laureate

40
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Context for a wife in London

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Poet against war- focused on the wife of a soldier in the Boer war
Wrote during industrial revolution - London was polluted and foggy

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Context for death of a naturalist

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Grew up in rural Ireland
Romantic poet
Witnessed the IRA bombings

42
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Context for hawk roosting

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Romantics poet
Knew tragedy - suicide of 2 wife’s and second wife killed child aswell
Under suspicion concerning the suicides

43
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Context for to autumn

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Romantic poet
Died young- wrote when he knew he was dying

44
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Context for afternoons

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Wrote about post war England
Misogynist
“Glum accuracy about emotions”
Wrote about ordinary aspects of suburban life

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