Seamus Heaney: "The Skunk" Flashcards
___, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
Up, ___, striped and damasked like the chasuble
Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
Up, black, ___ and damasked like the chasuble
Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
Up, black, striped and ___ like the chasuble
Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
Up, black, striped and damasked ____
Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
___, ___, ___ and ___ like the chasuble
Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
__ a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk
At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk
____, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk
At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk
At a funeral mass, ____ paraded the skunk
At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk
At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail ___ the skunk
At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk
At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded ____
At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk
____ after night I expected her like a visitor
Night after night I expected her like a visitor
Night after ___ I expected her like a visitor
Night after night I expected her like a visitor
____ I expected her like a visitor
Night after night I expected her like a visitor
Night after night ____ like a visitor
Night after night I expected her like a visitor
Night after night I expected her ___
Night after night I expected her like a visitor
Quote the first stanza of the poem
Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail
Paraded the skunk. Night after night
I expected her like a visitor
The ___ whinnied into silence
The refrigerator whinnied into silence
The refrigerator ____ into silence
The refrigerator whinnied into silence
The refrigerator whinnied ___
The refrigerator whinnied into silence
___ whinnied into silence
The refrigerator whinnied into silence
The refrigerator ___
The refrigerator whinnied into silence
My ___ softened beyond the verandah
My desk light softened beyond the verandah
My desk light ___ beyond the verandah
My desk light softened beyond the verandah
____ beyond the verandah
My desk light softened beyond the verandah
My desk light softened beyond the ____
My desk light softened beyond the verandah
My desk light softened ____
My desk light softened beyond the verandah
___ loomed in the orange tree
Small oranges loomed in the orange tree
Small oranges ___ in the orange tree
Small oranges loomed in the orange tree
Small oranges loomed ____
Small oranges loomed in the orange tree
____ be tense as a voyeur
I began to be tense as a voyeur
I began to ___ as a voyeur
I began to be tense as a voyeur
I began to be tense ___
I began to be tense as a voyeur
I began to ____
I began to be tense as a voyeur
Quote the second stanza of the poem
The refrigerator whinnied into silence
My desk light softened beyond the verandah
Small oranges loomed in the orange tree
I began to be tense as a voyeur
___ eleven years I was composing
After eleven years I was composing
After ___ I was composing
After eleven years I was composing
____ I was composing
After eleven years I was composing
After eleven years I was ___
After eleven years I was composing
After eleven years ___
After eleven years I was composing
___ again, broaching the word ‘wife’
Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘wife’
Love-letters ___, broaching the word ‘wife’
Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘wife’
Love-letters again, ___ the word ‘wife’
Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘wife’
Love-letters again, ____ ‘wife’
Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘wife’
Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘___’
Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘wife’
___ stored cask, as if its slender vowel
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel
Like a ___, as if its slender vowel
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel
Like a stored cask, ___ slender vowel
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel
Like a stored cask, as if its ____
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel
Had mutated into the night earth and air
Had mutated into the night earth and air
___ into the night earth and air … Of California
Had mutated into the night earth and air … Of California
Had mutated ___ night earth and air … Of California
Had mutated into the night earth and air … Of California
Had mutated into the ___ … Of California
Had mutated into the night earth and air … Of California
Had mutated into the night earth and air … ___
Had mutated into the night earth and air … Of California
Quote the third stanza of the poem
After eleven years I was composing
Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘wife’
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel
Had mutated into the night earth and air
Quote the first three stanzas of the poem
Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail
Paraded the skunk. Night after night
I expected her like a visitor
The refrigerator whinnied into silence
My desk light softened beyond the verandah
Small oranges loomed in the orange tree
I began to be tense as a voyeur
After eleven years I was composing
Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘wife’
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel
Had mutated into the night earth and air
___ useless tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence.
The beautiful, useless tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence.
The beautiful, ____ of eucalyptus spelt your absence.
The beautiful, useless tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence.
The beautiful, useless tang ___ spelt your absence.
The beautiful, useless tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence.
The beautiful, useless tang of eucalyptus ____.
The beautiful, useless tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence.
____ a mouthful of wine
The aftermath of a mouthful of wine
The aftermath of ____
The aftermath of a mouthful of wine
___ inhaling you off a cold pillow
Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow
Was like ___ off a cold pillow
Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow
Was like inhaling you ___
Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow
Quote the fourth stanza
Of California. The beautiful, useless
Tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence
The aftermath of a mouthful of wine
Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow
___ there she was, the intent and glamorous
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
And ___, the intent and glamorous
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
____, the intent and glamorous
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
And there she was, the ___and glamorous
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
And there she was, the intent and ___
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
And there she was, ____
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
___, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized
Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized
Ordinary, ___, mythologized, demythologized
Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized
____, mythologized, demythologized
Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized
Ordinary, mysterious skunk, ___, demythologized
Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized
Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, ____
Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized
Ordinary, mysterious skunk, ____
Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized
____ the boards five feet beyond me
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
Snuffling ___ five feet beyond me
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
___ five feet beyond me
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
Snuffling the boards___ beyond me
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
Snuffling the boards five feet ___
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
Snuffling the boards ___
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
Quote the fifth stanza of the poem
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
Ordinary, mysterious skunk,
Mythologized, demythologized
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
____ last night,
It all came back to me last night,
It all came back to me ___,
It all came back to me last night,
____ by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
Stirred by the ___ of your things at bedtime,
Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
____ of your things at bedtime,
Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
Stirred by the sootfall ___ at bedtime,
Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
Stirred by the sootfall of your things ___,
Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
Stirred by the sootfall ____,
Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
___, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer
Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer
Your head-down, ___ in a bottom drawer
Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer
Your head-down, tail-up hunt ___
Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer
___ black plunge-line nightdress
For the black plunge-line nightdress
For the ___ plunge-line nightdress
For the black plunge-line nightdress
For the black ___ nightdress
For the black plunge-line nightdress
For the black plunge-line ___
For the black plunge-line nightdress
For the____
For the black plunge-line nightdress
Quote the sixth stanza of the poem
It all came back to me last night, stirred
By the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer
For the black plunge-line nightdress
Quote the last three stanzas of the poem
Of California. The beautiful, useless
Tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence
The aftermath of a mouthful of wine
Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
Ordinary, mysterious skunk,
Mythologized, demythologized
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
It all came back to me last night, stirred
By the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer
For the black plunge-line nightdress
Quote the poem
Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail
Paraded the skunk. Night after night
I expected her like a visitor
The refrigerator whinnied into silence
My desk light softened beyond the verandah
Small oranges loomed in the orange tree
I began to be tense as a voyeur
After eleven years I was composing
Love-letters again, broaching the word ‘wife’
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel
Had mutated into the night earth and air
Of California. The beautiful, useless
Tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence
The aftermath of a mouthful of wine
Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
Ordinary, mysterious skunk,
Mythologized, demythologized
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
It all came back to me last night, stirred
By the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer
For the black plunge-line nightdress
