Poetry quotes Flashcards

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“I told it… did grow” A poison tree

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“I told it not, my wrath did grow”

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“I water’d… fears” A poison tree

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“I water’d it in fears”

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“My foe….. tree” A poison tree

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“My foe outstretched beneath the tree”

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“Angel…. death” The destruction of Sennacherib

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“Angel of death”

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“hath melted…. Lord!” The destruction of Sennacherib”

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“hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!”

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“Small circles…. moon” v “the grim…. stars” The prelude

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“Small circles glittering idly in the moon” v “the grim shape towered up between me and the stars”

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” a trouble… dreams” The prelude

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“a trouble to my dreams”

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“I shot him…. foe” The man he killed

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“I shot him dead because / because he was my foe”

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“quaint…. war is” The man he killed

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“quaint and curious war is”

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“He wore…. knot” Cousin Kate

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“He wore me like a golden knot”

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“My shame… closer yet” Cousin Kate

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“My shame, my pride / cling closer, closer yet”

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“Explain… yu mean” Half-caste

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“Explain yuself / what yu mean”

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“I will… my story” Hlaf-caste

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“I will tell you / de other half / of my story”

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“the merciless… knife us” Exposure

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“The merciless iced east winds that knife us”

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“but… happens” Exposure

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“but nothing happens”

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“Into…. death” The charge of the light brigade

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“Into the jaws of death”

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“Noble… hundred!” The charge of the light brigade

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“Noble six hundred!”

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“the tight… love” Catrin

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“the tight red rope of love”

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“our struggle… separate” Catrin

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“our struggle to become separate”

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“silk crumpled… champagne giggles” v “the first… the stones” War photographer

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“silk crumpled on the grass / in champagne giggles” v “the first bomb of the morning / shattered the stones”

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“This hyphenated… rapid fire” Belfast confetti

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“This hyphenated line… a burst of rapid fire”

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“Why… escape?” Belfast confetti

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“Why can’t I escape?”

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“How can…. I’m from?” The class game

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“How can you tell what class I’m from?”

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“I’m proud… from” The class game

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“I’m proud of the class that come from”

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“The world…. chest” Poppies

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“The world overflowing like a treasure chest”

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“hoping to hear….. the wind” Poppies

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“hoping to hear / your playground voice catching on the wind”

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“I am… problem” No problem

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“I am not de problem”

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“Yu put…. versatile” No problem

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“Yu put me in a pigeon hole / But I am versatile”

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“laughter is… mouth” What were they like?

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“laughter is bitter to the burned mouth”

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“Who can…. silent now” What were they like?

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“Who can say? It is silent now”