Poetry : The poems Flashcards

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“______ armed, ______ not”

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Remains - “Probably armed, possibly not”

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“His ______ life in my bloody ______”

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Remains - “His bloody life in my bloody hands”

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“His blood _____ stained the _____”

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Remains - “His blood shadow stained the street”

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“______ head full of powerful __________”

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Kamikaze - “Shaven head full of powerful incantations”

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“The _____ shoals of fishes flashing _____ as their bellies ________ towards the sun”

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Kamikaze - “The dark shoals of fishes flashing silver as their bellies swivelled towards the sun”

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“The ________ inrush of ______”

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Kamikaze- “ The turbulent inrush of breakers”

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“He must have ____________ which had been the better way to ___”

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Kamikaze - “He must have wondered which had been the better way to die”

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“The _______ earth has never _________ us “

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Storm - “The wizened earth has never troubled us”

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“Can raise a _____ _____ in a gale”

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Storm “ Can raise a tragic chorus in a gale”

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“the ____ spray hits The very windows, ____ like a tame ___ Turned savage”

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Storm - “ The flung spray hits the very windows, spits like a tame cat turned savage”

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“We are ______ by the empty ___”

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Storm - “We are bombarded by the empty air”

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“Our ____ ache, in the merciless ____ east winds that _____ us….”

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Exposure - “Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us…”

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“her ___________ army Attacks once more in _____ on ________ ranks of grey”

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Exposure - “her melancholy army Attacks once more in ranks on shivering ranks of grey”

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“_____ over half-known ____ . All their ____ are ice”

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Exposure - “Pause over half-known faces. All their eyes are ice”

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“The ___ forged _____ I hear”

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London - “The mind forged manacles I hear”

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“Every _________ church ______”

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London - “Every black’ning church appalls”

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“The ________ soldiers sigh Runs in ____ down ______ walls”

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London - “ The hapless soldiers sigh Runs in blood down palace walls”