Poetry (love) Flashcards

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1
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Name the “what” of Sonnet 43

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Barret Browning struggles to comprehend the depth and strength of her love

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Name the “what” of She walks in beauty

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Lord Byron admires how the woman walks and talks, in beauty and innocence

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Name the “what” of Cosy Apologia

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Justifying her love, and comparing her current lover to her exes, as a hero compared to fools.

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Name the “what” of Valentine

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Showing loves unconventionality through and onion as a valentines gift

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Name the “what” of Afternoons

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Mothers are losing their joy and freedom, as they have to look after their children.

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Name the “who” of she walks in beauty

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Lord Byron

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Name the “who” of sonnet 43

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Barret Browning herself

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Name the “who” of cosy apologia

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the poet (Rita Dove) and her husband Fred

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Name the “who” of valentine

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The speaker to their lover

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Name the “who” of afternoons

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Philip Larkin speaking from the mind of a mother

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Name the “where” of sonnet 43

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N/A

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Name the “where” of she walks in beauty

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Presumably a party

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Name the “where” of cosy apologia

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Her study in their house

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Name the “where” of valentine

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Presumably a Valentine’s day date

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Name the “when” of she walks in beauty

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The evening

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Name the “when” of sonnet 43

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N/A

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Name the “where” of afternoons

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A park for children

14
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Name the “when” of cosy apologia

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During a hurricane

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Name the “when” of valentine

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Valentines day

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Name the “when” of afternoons

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The afternoon

17
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Name the “why” of sonnet 43

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to describe the feeling of love by measuring how much hers means to her

18
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Name the “why” of she walks in beauty

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She contrasts him in a bizarre love of innocence and beauty

19
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Name the “why” of cosy apologia

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To justify her love, and show that despite the storm, she is enamoured

20
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Name the “why” of valentine

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To challenge the stereotypical view of valentine’s as the speaker presents their lover with the onion

21
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Name the “why” of afternoons

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Mothers are in the afternoons of their lives, where their children have stolen their identities and their lives are not their own

22
Q

Name the quote from the word: depth

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I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach

23
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Name the quote from the word: griefs

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I love the with the passion put to use in my old griefs

24
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Name the quote from the word: better

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If God choose I shall but love thee better after death

25
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Name the quote from the word: cloudless

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Of cloudless climes and starry skies

26
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Name the quote from the word: shade

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One shade the more, one ray the less

27
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Name the quote from the word: innocent

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A heart whose love is innocent

28
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Name the quote from the word: glinting

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chain mail glinting, to set me free

29
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Name the quote from the word: teenage

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teenage crushes on worthless boys whose only talent was to kiss you senseless

30
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Name the quote from the word: content

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We’re content, but fall short of the Divine

31
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Name the quote from the word: tears

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It will blind you with tears

32
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Name the quote from the word: platinum

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Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding-ring

32
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Name the quote from the word: kiss

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It’s fierce kiss will stay on your lips, possessive and faithful

33
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Name the quote from the word: fading

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Summer is fading, the leaves fall in ones and twos

34
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Name the quote from the word: washing

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An estateful of washing

35
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Name the quote from the word: side

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Something is pushing them to the side of their own lives