Poetry Week Seven Flashcards
‘so much ………………. on a red wheel barrow’
depends
‘…………… with rain water beside the white chickens’
glazed
Name two things Williams learnt from ‘the old black man’ about his daily routine.
Any from the following:
1. He had been a fisherman. 2. He used to tell me how he had to work in the cold in freezing weather, standing ankle deep in cracked ice packing down the fish. 3. He said he didn’t feel cold.
Define ‘exertion’.
Physical or mental effort.
Define ‘enjambment’.
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
Define ‘free verse’.
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular rhythm.
It’s just a piece of cloth that makes the guts of men grow ……..’
bold
‘You were ……………… to me’
sunrise
What was John Agard taught about in British Guyana?
British history and culture
What does Grace Nichols use as inspiration for her poetry?
Her Caribbean heritage, folk tales, the tradition oforal storytelling and her move between cultures.
Define ‘colonisation’.
The action and process of settling among and establishing control over an indigenous people of an area.
What does ‘infer’ mean?
Deduce or work out something from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.
Define ‘replenish’.
Restore (a stock or supply) to a former level or condition.
‘the steady breaking and ………………….’
wombing
‘groggily groggily comes back to ………….. of a grey metallic soar’
sands
What does the subject in Island Man long for?
The warmth and simple pleasures of the islands that are the home of his birth, while living with friends and family in a cold northern climate.
Define ‘auditory’.
Relating to the sense of hearing.
Define ‘immigrant’.
A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
Define ‘yearn’.
Have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from.
‘stick is the whip and the ……….. deck is slavery’
dark
‘up up up and the music is ……………… me’
saving
Give two of the three possible meanings for the word ‘limbo’.
A state of uncertainty
Being on the borders of hell
A traditional West Indies dance
Define ‘anguish’.
Severe mental or physical pain or suffering.
Define ‘repetition’.
The action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
Define ‘subjugated’.
Bring under domination or control, especially by conquest.
‘an ……………. open Mercedes with an ………….. couple in it’
elegant, elegant
‘that small ……….. in the high seas of democracy’
gulf
What was the poet, concerned about in San Francisco?
The growing gap between the rich and poor. He worried that San Francisco would lose its identity which had previously been defined by working class poets and artists as it was taken over as a playground for the rich.
Define ‘inequality’.
The unfair situation in society when some people have more opportunities, money, etc. than other people
What does ‘juxtaposition’ mean?
Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
Define ‘wealth’.
An abundance of valuable possessions or money
‘I watched the holy man perform his ………… to tame the poison with an ……………………’
rites, incantation
If I rise in the east as you die in the west, die for my sake, my love, every night ………………. me.’
renew
What does ‘Night of the Scorpion’ demonstrate about modern and traditional beliefs in developing countries?
It shows how modern and traditional beliefs can exist side by side in developing countries.
What is a ‘ghazal’?
An ancient Persian form of poetry
Define ‘rites’.
A ceremonial act or action.
What is a ‘sonnet’?
A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Define ‘superstition’.
Abeliefornotion,notbasedonreasonorknowledge,
‘Going home for the day with fumes of human roast ……………… rebelliously to his hairy nostrils’
clinging
‘A tiny glow-worm tenderness …………………… in icy caverns of a cruel heart’
encapsulated
How is the poem relevant to all human conflict?
It addresses ideas about the nature of evil in humans.
Define ‘duality’.
Refers to having two parts, often with opposite meanings, like thedualityof good and evil
What does ‘encapsulated’ mean?
To express the essential features of (something) briefly.
What does ‘perpetuity’ mean?
The state or quality of lasting forever.
