poetry quotes for each theme

Question 1

separation/isolation

Answer 1

• “we were passionate then” to “i feared his honeyed embrace” MM
• “separate beds” MM
• “so he had to move out” MM
• “parking the car a good way off” MM
• “he is finally alone” WP
• “they do not care” WP
• “ordinary pain which simple weather can dispel” WP

Question 2

identity

Answer 2

• “browsing for the right sky” TWMMS
• “too blue swapped for a cool grey” TWMMS
• “dipped a net” TWMMS
• “I am homesick, free” TWMMS
• “all childhood is an emigration” O
• “which seem familiar” O
• “your accent wrong” O
• “originally? and i hesitate” O

Question 3

childhood

Answer 3

"blind toy" O
"holding its paw" O
"all childhood is an emigration"O
"blind toy"O
"big boys"O
"inky tadpoles" into "frogs" IMTC
"commas into exclamation marks" IMTC
"stared at your parents, apalled"IMTC
"too blue swapped for a cool grey"TWMMS
"like a child / who stood at the end of summer"TWMMS
"green, erotic pond"TWMMS

Question 4

change

Answer 4

"which seem familiar" O
"shedding its skin like a snake"O
"but then you forget... or change"O
"strange, wild, vain" MM
"we were passionate then"..."i feared his honeyed embrace"MM
"i miss...his touch"MM
"too blue swapped for a cool grey"TWMMS
"green, erotic pond" TWMMS

Question 5

love - pain of love

Answer 5

"wobbling photo of grief" V
"blind you with tears / like a lover"V
"lethal"V
"cling to your knife"V
"i feared his honeyed embrace" MM
"miss most.. his touch"MM
"he sank to his knees"MM

Question 6

memory

Answer 6

“you forget, or dont recall”O
“big boys eating worms”O
“i remember my tongue shedding its skin like a snake”O
“half-formed ghost”WP
“which did not tremble then, though seem to now”WP
“he remembers the cries”WP

Question 7

relationships

Answer 7

"blind you with tears / like a lover"V
"wobbling photo of grief"V
"fierce kiss"V
"not a cute card or a kissogram"V
"we were passionate then"..."i feared his honeyed embrace"MM
"separate beds"MM
"i miss... his touch"MM
"i say her phrases to myself / in my head"TWMMS
"only tonight, i am happy and sad"TWMMS
"the day and ever"TWMMS

Question 8

which poems disuss the important theme of identity

Answer 8

• the way my mother speaks

- originally

Question 9

which poems discuss the important theme of childhood

Answer 9

• originally
• in mrs tilschers class
• the way my mother speaks

Question 10

which poems discuss the important theme of memory

Answer 10

• originally

- war photographer

Question 11

which poems discuss the important theme of relationships

Answer 11

• valentine
• mrs midas
• the way my mother speaks

Question 12

which poems discuss the important theme of change

Answer 12

• originally
• mrs midas
• the way my mother speaks

Question 13

which poems discuss the important theme of love, and the pain that love brings

Answer 13

• valentine

- mrs midas