Poetry : The poems Flashcards
“______ armed, ______ not”
Remains - “Probably armed, possibly not”
“His ______ life in my bloody ______”
Remains - “His bloody life in my bloody hands”
“His blood _____ stained the _____”
Remains - “His blood shadow stained the street”
“______ head full of powerful __________”
Kamikaze - “Shaven head full of powerful incantations”
“The _____ shoals of fishes flashing _____ as their bellies ________ towards the sun”
Kamikaze - “The dark shoals of fishes flashing silver as their bellies swivelled towards the sun”
“The ________ inrush of ______”
Kamikaze- “ The turbulent inrush of breakers”
“He must have ____________ which had been the better way to ___”
Kamikaze - “He must have wondered which had been the better way to die”
“The _______ earth has never _________ us “
Storm - “The wizened earth has never troubled us”
“Can raise a _____ _____ in a gale”
Storm “ Can raise a tragic chorus in a gale”
“the ____ spray hits The very windows, ____ like a tame ___ Turned savage”
Storm - “ The flung spray hits the very windows, spits like a tame cat turned savage”
“We are ______ by the empty ___”
Storm - “We are bombarded by the empty air”
“Our ____ ache, in the merciless ____ east winds that _____ us….”
Exposure - “Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us…”
“her ___________ army Attacks once more in _____ on ________ ranks of grey”
Exposure - “her melancholy army Attacks once more in ranks on shivering ranks of grey”
“_____ over half-known ____ . All their ____ are ice”
Exposure - “Pause over half-known faces. All their eyes are ice”
“The ___ forged _____ I hear”
London - “The mind forged manacles I hear”
