Poetry anthology quotes and context for feb mocks Flashcards
1
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What are the two poems you have revised for childhood and nostalgia?
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- Sunday dip
- I remember, I remember
2
Q
State three quotes for Sunday dip for childhood?
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- “the morning road is thronged with merry boys”
- “the boldest ventures first and dashes in,”
- “And play about the water for half the day”
3
Q
What is the form and structure of sunday dip?
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- Sonnet
- consistent rhyme scheme creates a playful and youthful atmosphere
4
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State three quotes for ‘I remember, I remember’ for childhood?
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- “I remember, I remember / The house where I was born”
- “The sun came peeping in at morn”
- “My spirit flew in feathers then”
5
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Context for ‘I remember, I remember’ by Thomas Hood?
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- Hood’s life was plagued with illness (could suggest why he longs for the happier days of the past)
- His poem reflects romantic ideals (nature and the innocence of childhood) as he wrote at a time between the Romantic and Victorian era.
6
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Context for Sunday dip
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- John Clare was a romantic poet, so his poetry values the beauty and power nature beholds
- Clare explores simple pleasures of nature
7
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State 3 quotes for Jamaican British
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- “But the English boys at school made me choose: Jamaican, British?”
- “Cousins in Kingston call me Jah-English”
- “When knowing how to war is Jamaican British”
8
Q
What 2 poems can you use for nostalgia?
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- Captain cook (To My Brother)
- I remember, I remember
9
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State three quotes for Captain cook (To my Brother) for nostalgia
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- “Do you recall the fancies of many years ago,”
- “Now we talk no more”
- “But more pleasant, than what the day now brings”
10
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State context for captain cook to my brother for nostalgia
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- Captain cook was a famous explorer
- Landon and her brother were very close when they were young. She paid for him to go to university. He was cruel to Landon, later in life
11
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Quotes for I remember, I remember for Nostalgia
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- “I remember, I remember / The house where I was born”
- “But now I often wish the night / had borne my breath away!”
- “My spirit flew in feathers then”
12
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Quotes for nature for To my Sister?
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- “The redbreast sings from the tall larch”
- “There is a blessing in the air”
- “Make haste, your morning task resign”
13
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Quotes from “I remember, I remember’ on nature?
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- “Where the sun came peeping in at morn”
- Those flowers made of light!”
- “The tree is living yet!”
14
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State the context for Jamaican British
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- Antrobus had a British Mother and a Jamaican father
- Dual heritage
15
Q
What two poems are you exploring for Dislocation?
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- Jamaican British
- We Refugees
