poetry context Flashcards
Sonnet 43- Elizabeth barrett browning
took drugs that enhanced her imagination because father was overprotective and didn’t let her get married after brothers death
London- William Blake
lived and worked in London during victorian era- great poverty and industrial change
The Soilder Rupert Brooke
he was never actually involved in activee service and died of food poisoning
She walks in the beauty-Lord Byron
“mad, bad and dangerous to know”
involved in a number of sex scandals- married women, men and teenage boys
Living Space- Imtiaz Dharker
lived in Mumbai slums- personal experience
As Imperceptibly as grief- Emily Dickinson
Obsessed and afraid of death as several family and friends died and from ages 10-25 her room looked over the cemetery were 5 of her friends were buried.
Cozy Apologia- Rita Dove
former poet laureate
combines historical with personal
Valentine- carol anne duffy
gay
written when gay marriage was illegal
criticising society’s views of being materialistic
A wife in London- Thomas Hardy
was a novelist in the Boer War
Death of a naturalist- Seamus Heaney
irish poet
younger brother died- reflected in his work
won a nobel prize
Hawk Roosting- Ted Hughes
father was a ww1 veteran
admired and watched animals
spent lots of time outside
To autumn- John Keats
both parents dead before age 14
lived with grandma
struggled with money inspired by real life event- walking along the river itchen
Afternoons- Phillip Larkin
unmarried man with no children
never left the uk
homeschooled until 18
Dulce et decorum est- Wilfred Owen
Owen was a soldier in World War I who was injured by a shell and later diagnosed with shell shock.
a protest against the idea that it is honourable to die for one’s country. He wanted to show the reality of war to the public and to dispel the false idea that war is “sweet”.
Ozymandius- Percy Bysshe Shelley
Went against the constitiution
went against authority
Mametz wood- Owen Sheers
Sheers was inspired to write the poem after visiting Mametz Wood in 1995.
He was also influenced by the stories of two soldiers who survived the war.
The prelude- William Wordsworth
both parents dead by 13
lived with grandparents and uncle-didn’t like
explored lake district for comfort
died at sea with his brother
The manhunt- Simon Armitage
he poem is based on the experiences of Eddie Beddoe, a peacekeeper in the 1990s Croat-Bosniak conflict
the poem is written from the perspective of Eddie’s wife, Laura,
