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Who, What, Where, When

The Manhunt

Simon Armitage

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A soldier and his wife. At home. Return from Bosnia War- 1990’s.
Soldiers wife explores his physical injuries and tries to help him heal mentally.

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Why

The Manhunt

Simon Armitage

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Highlight the struggles soldiers go through both physically and mentally and the destructive nature war can have on a relationship.

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Who, What, Where, When

Sonnet 43

Elizabeth Browning

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E.Browning. Italy. Before marriage and after marriage in Italy. The way she feels about her love for R.Browning.
The pain she feels about her father.

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Why

Sonnet 43

Elizabeth Browning

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Demonstrate her Admiration of her partner/husband.
Love will help her get past her sadness and help her heal.

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Who, What, Where, When

London

William Blake

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William Blake, the poor. London. 1794/Industrial Revolution.
Misery and suffering of the poor in London.
Who is to blame (church, palace, governments)

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Why

London

William Blake

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Angry at the way institutions exploit the poor.
Poverty is a cycle which needs to be broken.
Wants social equality.

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Who, What, Where, When

The Soldier

Rupert Brooke

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A soldier. Foreign feild. 1914 -WWI.
A soldier fighting and dying in combat for his country- Patriotic.

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Why

The Soldier

Rupert Brooke

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To express how honourable it is to fight and die for your country.

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Who, What, Where, When

She walks in beauty

Lord Byron

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A woman(maybe cousin’s wife), Byron. Party. Night 1814.
He finds her instantly attractive- looks.
Wonders about her inner beauty- personality.

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Why

She walks in beauty

Lord Byron

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Express how this woman has changes his views and beliefs on women.
Beauty is skin deep and you shouldn’t focus just on the outside.

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Who, what, where, when

Living Space

Imtiaz Dharker

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Poor in the slums. Mumbai slums. Modern day.
Housing of poor and the conditions they are forced to live in.
Lives are fragile.

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Why

Living Space

Imtiaz Dharker

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To highlight the plight of the poor. Their existence is a miracle. Human life is fragile.

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Who, what, where, when

A Imperceptibly as Grief

Emily Dickinson

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Dickenson. In her life/mind/home. All the time after her several losses.
Her grief/loss over time.
Her fear of death.

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Why

As Imperceptinly as Grief

Emily Dickinson

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Time can heal and you won’t always be consumed with grief.
Grief can close you off and make you feel like you dont exist/want to exist.

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Who, what, where, when

Cozy Apologia

Rita Dove

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Fred Dove and herself. House(in their seperate studies as they are writers). Hurricane Floyd (1999)-Present day/looks back at her past.
Exploring and justifying her love for Fred. Reflects on all of her past loves.
Embarassed to be so happy and content.

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Why

Cozy Apologia

Rita Dove

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Fred has made her feel complete/happy.
Love does not have to be perfect.
Embarassed about her love for him.

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Who, what, where, when

Valentine

Carol Ann Duffy

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Persona. Anyones life. Modern day.
How love can be troubled and relationships can badly.

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Why

Valentine

Cartol Ann Duffy

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Criticise the commercialisation of love on Valentine’s day.
Love can damage you/is painful.
To show the real side of love.

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Who, what, where, when

A Wife in London

Thomas Hardy

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Soldier/Husband and Wife. Home-London, Far south land-South Africa. 1899- Boer war.
Soldier away fighting in Boer War 1899.
Soldier’s Death.
Wife waiting for letter’s/news from him.

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Why

A Wife in London

Thomas Hardy

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Hardy was antiwar- war in his view was futile/pointless
War is destructive.

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Who, What, Where, When

Death of a Naturalist

Seamus Heaney

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Heaney. Countryside-flax dam. Summer-childhood.
Growing up and being fascinated by nature as a child.

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Why

Death of a Naturalist

Seamus Heaney

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Children are innocent and have a fascination with nature but lose that when adulthood brings responsibilites/maturity and new insights into life.

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Who, what, where, when

Hawk Roosting

Ted Hughes

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Hawk. Woodland. Continuance of nature- evolution.
Hawk’s power- perfection of a creation.
Control/arrogance

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Why

Hawk Roosting

Ted Hughes

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To portray nature as all powerful and eternal in comparison so mankind which is not.

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Who, what, where, when

To Autumn

John Keats

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Autumn. fields/countryside. Autumn.
Joys that autumn brings. Admiration of Autumn and the growth and harvest of plants.

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Why

To Autumn

John Keats

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Loves Autumn and the natural environment.
Romantic poet- Fascination
To show the the admiration we should have of the natural world

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Who, what, where, when

Afternoons

Philip Larkin

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Husband and wife. Park, home. Gradual change in time.
A husband and wife whose relationship has now changed because they have had children creating a loss of independence and distance between them

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Why

Afternoons

Philip Larkin

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To show how marriage and having kids steals your freedom.

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Who, what, where, when

Dulce et Decorum est

Wilfred Owen

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WWI soldier/Owen. Somme-France. WWI.
Effects of war- zooms in on a gas attack and the horrors the soldier(s) experienced.

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why

Dulce et Decorum est

Wilfred Owen

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To reveal the horrors of war/reality to warn others interested in signing up.
To show how war should not be glorified.
Doesn’t approve and believes it isn’t patriotic to die for ones country.

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Who, What, Where, When

Ozymandias

Percy B Shelley

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Rameses II, traveler. Egypt. 13th century BC, Narrator: 1800’s.
About The Pharoah’s love for himself.
What the narrator discovered: decayed statue.

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Why

Ozymandias

Percy B Shelley

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Power win’t last forever- fleeting.
The statue was decayed by sand/nature shyowing how nature will overpower mankind and how mankind is temporary and nature is eternal.

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Who, what, where, when

Mametz Wood

Owen Sheers

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Welsh Soldiers, farmers in France. Fields of France- mametz wood. 1916- Somme, Modern Day.
Ploughed up/dug up battlefield —> Soldier’s remains.

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Why

Mametz wood

Owen Sheers

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Voice to those silent, unknown skeletons- highlight their bravery- never forgotten sacrifice.

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Who, What, Where, When

The Prelude

William Wordsworth

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Wordsworth. Lake District. Winter 6 pm.
A time when he was a child ice skating- youth + innocence.
Happiness in his natural environment.

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Why

The Prelude

William Wordsworth

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Understand what his childhood was like before he matured and moved into adulthood. Looking back on his past.
As our life progresses, we change as people.

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