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Seamus Heaney: "Postscript" Flashcards

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1
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___ some time make the time to drive out west

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And some time make the time to drive out west

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And ___ to drive out west

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And some time make the time to drive out west

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And some time make the time ___

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And some time make the time to drive out west

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___, along the Flaggy Shore

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Into County Clare, along the Flaggy Shore

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Into County Clare, ___ Flaggy Shore

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Into County Clare, along the Flaggy Shore

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Into County Clare, along the ___

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Into County Clare, along the Flaggy Shore

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___ or October, when the wind

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In September or October, when the wind

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In September ___, when the wind

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In September or October, when the wind

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In September or October, ___

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In September or October, when the wind

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___the light are working off each other

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And the light are working off each other

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And ___ working off each other

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And the light are working off each other

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And the light are ___

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And the light are working off each other

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Quote the first four lines.

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And some time make the time to drive out west
Into County Clare, along the Flaggy Shore
In September or October, when the wind
And the light are working off each other

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___ the ocean on one side is wild

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So that the ocean on one side is wild

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So that __ on one side is wild

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So that the ocean on one side is wild

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So that the ocean __ is wild

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So that the ocean on one side is wild

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So that the ocean on one side ___

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So that the ocean on one side is wild

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___ foam and glitter. and inland among stones

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With foam and glitter. and inland among stones

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With ___. and inland among stones

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With foam and glitter. and inland among stones

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With foam and glitter. ____

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With foam and glitter. and inland among stones

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___ of a slate-grey lake is lit

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The surface of a slate-grey lake is lit

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The surface ___ is lit

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The surface of a slate-grey lake is lit

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The surface of a slate-grey lake ___

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The surface of a slate-grey lake is lit

24
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___ earthed lightning of a flock of swans

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By the earthed lightning of a flock of swans

25
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By the ___ of a flock of swans

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By the earthed lightning of a flock of swans

26
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By the earthed lightning ____

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By the earthed lightning of a flock of swans

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Quote the fifth to eight lines of the poem.

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So that the ocean on one side is wild
With foam and glitter. and inland among stones
The surface of a slate-grey lake is lit
By the earthed lightning of a flock of swans

28
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___ roughed and ruffling, white on white,

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Their feathers roughed and ruffling, white on white,

29
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Their feathers ___, white on white,

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Their feathers roughed and ruffling, white on white,

30
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Their feathers roughed and ruffling, ___,

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Their feathers roughed and ruffling, white on white,

31
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___ headstrong-looking heads

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Their fully grown headstrong-looking heads

32
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Their fully grown ___-looking heads

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Their fully grown headstrong-looking heads

33
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Their fully grown ___

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Their fully grown headstrong-looking heads

34
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___ or cresting or busy underwater

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Tucked or cresting or busy underwater

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Tucked ___ or busy underwater

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Tucked or cresting or busy underwater

36
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Tucked or cresting ___ underwater

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Tucked or cresting or busy underwater

37
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Tucked or cresting or busy ___

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Tucked or cresting or busy underwater

38
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___ to think you’ll park and capture it more thoroughly

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Useless to think you’ll park and capture it more thoroughly

39
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Useless ___ and capture it more thoroughly

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Useless to think you’ll park and capture it more thoroughly

40
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Useless to think you’ll park ___ more thoroughly

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Useless to think you’ll park and capture it more thoroughly

41
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Useless to think you’ll park and capture it ____

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Useless to think you’ll park and capture it more thoroughly

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Quote the eight to twelfth lines

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Their feathers roughed and ruffling, white on white,
Their fully grown headstrong-looking heads
Tucked or cresting or busy underwater
Useless to think you’ll park and capture it

More thoroughly.

43
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___. You are neither here nor there

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More thoroughly. You are neither here nor there

44
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More thoroughly. ___ here nor there

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More thoroughly. You are neither here nor there

45
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More thoroughly. You are neither ___

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More thoroughly. You are neither here nor there

46
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___ which known and strange things pass

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A hurry through which known and strange things pass

47
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A hurry through ___ and strange things pass

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A hurry through which known and strange things pass

48
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A hurry through which known ____

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A hurry through which known and strange things pass

49
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___ soft buffetings come at the car sideways

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As big soft buffetings come at the car sideways

50
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As big ___ come at the car sideways

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As big soft buffetings come at the car sideways

51
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As big soft buffetings ___ sideways

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As big soft buffetings come at the car sideways

52
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As big soft buffetings come at the car ___

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As big soft buffetings come at the car sideways

53
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___ and blow it open

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And catch the heart off guard and blow it open

54
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And catch the heart off guard ___

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And catch the heart off guard and blow it open

55
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Quote the twelfth to sixteenth lines

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More thoroughly. You are neither here nor there
A hurry through which known and strange things pass
As big soft buffetings come at the car sideways
And catch the heart off guard and blow it open

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Quote the poem

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And some time make the time to drive out west
Into County Clare, along the Flaggy Shore
In September or October, when the wind
And the light are working off each other

So that the ocean on one side is wild
With foam and glitter. and inland among stones
The surface of a slate-grey lake is lit
By the earthed lightning of a flock of swans

Their feathers roughed and ruffling, white on white,
Their fully grown headstrong-looking heads
Tucked or cresting or busy underwater
Useless to think you’ll park and capture it

More thoroughly. You are neither here nor there
A hurry through which known and strange things pass
As big soft buffetings come at the car sideways
And catch the heart off guard and blow it open

English: Poetry (8 decks)

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