Poetry Anthology Flashcards
1
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The Manhunt 1
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The Manhunt
2
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The Manhunt 2
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“Only then would he let me trace the frozen river which ran through his face.”
3
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The Manhunt 3
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“The blown hinge of his lower jaw.”
4
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The Manhunt 4
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“The parachute silk of his punctured lung.”
5
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The Manhunt 5
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“The foetus of metal beneath his chest.”
6
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The Manhunt 6
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“Then
7
Q
Sonnet 43 1
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Sonnet 43
8
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Sonnet 43 2
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“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.”
9
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Sonnet 43 3
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“I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.”
10
Q
Sonnet 43 4
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“I love thee freely
11
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Sonnet 43 5
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“I love thee with the breath
12
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Sonnet 43 6
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“And
13
Q
London 1
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London
14
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London 2
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“I wander through each chartered street
15
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London 3
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“Marks of weakness
16
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London 4
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“The mind-forged manacles I hear.”
17
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London 5
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“Every black’ning church appalls.”
18
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London 6
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“And blights with plagues the marriage hearse.”
19
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The Soldier 1
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The Soldier
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The Soldier 2
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“If I should die
21
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The Soldier 3
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“A body of England’s
22
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The Soldier 4
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“Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day.”
23
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The Soldier 5
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“A pulse in the eternal mind.”
24
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The Soldier 6
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“In hearts at peace
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She Walks in Beauty 1
She Walks in Beauty
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She Walks in Beauty 2
“She walks in beauty
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She Walks in Beauty 3
“One shade the more
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She Walks in Beauty 4
“A mind at peace with all below.”
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She Walks in Beauty 5
“The smiles that win
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She Walks in Beauty 6
“A heart whose love is innocent!”
31
Living Space 1
Living Space
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Living Space 2
“There are just not enough straight lines.”
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Living Space 3
“The whole structure leans dangerously.”
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Living Space 4
“Nails clutch at open seams.”
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Living Space 5
“Bright
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Living Space 6
“The eggs in a wire basket
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As Imperceptibly as Grief 1
As Imperceptibly as Grief
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As Imperceptibly as Grief 2
“As imperceptibly as Grief
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As Imperceptibly as Grief 3
“A quietness distilled.”
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As Imperceptibly as Grief 4
“The dusk drew earlier in.”
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As Imperceptibly as Grief 5
“A courteous
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As Imperceptibly as Grief 6
“Our Summer made her light escape into the beautiful.”
43
Cozy Apologia 1
Cozy Apologia
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Cozy Apologia 2
“I could pick anything and think of you.”
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Cozy Apologia 3
“I fill this stolen time with you.”
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Cozy Apologia 4
“Sure as shooting arrows to the heart.”
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Cozy Apologia 5
“I’m perched in a house filled with books.”
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Cozy Apologia 6
“Chain mail glinting
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Valentine 1
Valentine
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Valentine 2
“Not a red rose or a satin heart.”
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Valentine 3
“I give you an onion.”
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Valentine 4
“It will blind you with tears like a lover.”
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Valentine 5
“Its fierce kiss will stay on your lips.”
54
Valentine 6
“Lethal. Its scent will cling to your fingers
55
A Wife in London 1
A Wife in London
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A Wife in London 2
“She sits in the tawny vapour.”
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A Wife in London 3
“He — has fallen — in the far South Land.”
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A Wife in London 4
“The fog hangs thicker.”
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A Wife in London 5
“His hand
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A Wife in London 6
“The Irony of joy
61
Death of a Naturalist 1
Death of a Naturalist
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Death of a Naturalist 2
“All year the flax-dam festered in the heart of the townland.”
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Death of a Naturalist 3
“The fattening dots burst into nimble swimming tadpoles.”
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Death of a Naturalist 4
“I sickened
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Death of a Naturalist 5
“The great slime kings were gathered there for vengeance.”
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Death of a Naturalist 6
“I knew that if I dipped my hand the spawn would clutch it.”
67
Hawk Roosting 1
Hawk Roosting
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Hawk Roosting 2
“I sit in the top of the wood
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Hawk Roosting 3
“I hold Creation in my foot.”
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Hawk Roosting 4
“The allotment of death.”
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Hawk Roosting 5
“No arguments assert my right.”
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Hawk Roosting 6
“I am going to keep things like this.”
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To Autumn 1
To Autumn
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To Autumn 2
“Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.”
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To Autumn 3
“The maturing sun.”
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To Autumn 4
“Where are the songs of Spring?”
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To Autumn 5
“Soft-dying day.”
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To Autumn 6
“And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.”
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Afternoons 1
Afternoons
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Afternoons 2
“Summer is fading.”
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Afternoons 3
“The new recreation ground.”
82
Afternoons 4
“Something is pushing them to the side of their own lives.”
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Afternoons 5
“Their beauty has thickened.”
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Afternoons 6
“Expect to be taken home.”
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Dulce et Decorum Est 1
Dulce et Decorum Est
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Dulce et Decorum Est 2
“Bent double
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Dulce et Decorum Est 3
“Gas! GAS! Quick
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Dulce et Decorum Est 4
“He plunges at me
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Dulce et Decorum Est 5
“The white eyes writhing in his face.”
90
Dulce et Decorum Est 6
“The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.”
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Ozymandias 1
Ozymandias
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Ozymandias 2
“My name is Ozymandias
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Ozymandias 3
“Look on my Works
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Ozymandias 4
“The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
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Ozymandias 5
“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone.”
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Ozymandias 6
“Nothing beside remains.”
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Mametz Wood 1
Mametz Wood
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Mametz Wood 2
“The wasted young.”
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Mametz Wood 3
“A chit of bone
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Mametz Wood 4
“Their skeletons paused mid-dance.”
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Mametz Wood 5
“Told to walk
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Mametz Wood 6
“A broken mosaic of bone.”
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Excerpt from The Prelude 1
Excerpt from The Prelude
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Excerpt from The Prelude 2
“And in the frosty season
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Excerpt from The Prelude 3
“Proud and exulting
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Excerpt from The Prelude 4
“We hissed along the polished ice in games.”
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Excerpt from The Prelude 5
“The leafless trees and every icy crag tinkled like iron.”
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Excerpt from The Prelude 6
“The orange sky of evening died away.”
