Seamus Heaney: "The Tollund Man" - Part One Flashcards

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1
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“Some day I will go to ___”

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“Some day I will go to Aarhus”

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“Some day ___ Aarhus”

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“Some day I will go to Aarhus”

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“___ I will go to Aarhus”

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“Some day I will go to Aarhus”

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“To see his peat-brown ___”

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“To see his peat-brown head”

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“To see ___ head”

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“To see his peat-brown head”

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“___ his peat-brown head”

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“To see his peat-brown head”

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“The mild pods of ___”

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“The mild pods of his eye-lids”

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“The mild ___ his eye-lids”

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“The mild pods of his eye-lids”

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“___ pods of his eye-lids”

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“The mild pods of his eye-lids”

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“His pointed ___”

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“His pointed skin cap”

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“___ skin cap”

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“His pointed skin cap”

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Quote the first stanza

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“Some day I will go to Aarhus”
“To see his peat-brown head”
“The mild pods of his eye-lids”
“His pointed skin cap”

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13
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“His last gruel of ___”

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“His last gruel of winter seeds”

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“His last ___ winter seeds”

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“His last gruel of winter seeds”

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15
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“___ gruel of winter seeds”

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“His last gruel of winter seeds”

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“Caked in ___”

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“Caked in his stomach”

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17
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“___ his stomach”

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“Caked in his stomach”

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18
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“His last ___”

“Caked __”

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“His last gruel of winter seeds”

“Caked in his stomach”

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“Naked except for the cap, noose and __”

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“Naked except for the cap, noose and girdle”

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“Naked except for the cap, ___ and girdle”

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“Naked except for the cap, noose and girdle”

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“Naked except for the __, noose and girdle”

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“Naked except for the cap, noose and girdle”

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“Naked ___ cap, noose and girdle”

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“Naked except for the cap, noose and girdle”

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“___ except for the cap, noose and girdle”

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“Naked except for the cap, noose and girdle”

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“I will stand ___”

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“I will stand a long time”

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“___ a long time”

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“I will stand a long time”

26
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“Bridegroom to ___”

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“Bridegroom to the goddess”

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“___ to the goddess”

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“Bridegroom to the goddess”

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Quote the third stanza

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“Naked except for”
“The cap, noose and girdle”
“I will stand a long time”
“Bridegroom to the goddess”

29
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“In the flat country ___”

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“In the flat country near by”

30
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“In the ___ near by”

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“In the flat country near by”

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“___ flat country near by”

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“In the flat country near by”

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“Where they dug ___”

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“Where they dug him out”

33
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“Where __ him out”

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“Where they dug him out”

34
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“___ they dug him out”

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“Where they dug him out”

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Quote the second stanza

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“In the flat country near by”
“Where they dug him out”
“His last gruel of winter seeds”
“Caked in his stomach”

36
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“She tightened her torc ___”

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“She tightened her torc on him”

37
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“She tightened __ on him”

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“She tightened her torc on him”

38
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“___ her torc on him”

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“She tightened her torc on him”

39
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“And opened ___”

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“And opened her fen”

40
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“___ her fen”

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“And opened her fen”

41
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“Those dark juices ___”

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“Those dark juices working”

42
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“Those ___ working”

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“Those dark juices working”

43
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“___ dark juices working”

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“Those dark juices working”

44
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“Him to a saint’s ___ “

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“Him to a saint’s kept body”

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“Him to ___ kept body”

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“Him to a saint’s kept body”

46
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“___ a saint’s kept body”

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“Him to a saint’s kept body”

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Quote the fourth stanza

4

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“She tightened her torc on him”
“And opened her fen”
“Those dark juices working”
“Him to a saint’s kept body”

48
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“Trove of the ___ “

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“Trove of the turfcutters’”

49
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“Trove ___ turfcutters’”

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“Trove of the turfcutters’”

50
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“___ of the turfcutters’”

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“Trove of the turfcutters’”

51
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“Honeycombed ___”

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“Honeycombed workings”

52
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“_____ workings”

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“Honeycombed workings”

53
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“Now his stained ___”

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“Now his stained face”

54
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“Now ___ face”

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“Now his stained face”

55
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“___ his stained face”

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“Now his stained face”

56
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“Reposes at ___”

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“Reposes at Aarhus”

57
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“Reposes __ Aarhus”

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“Reposes at Aarhus”

58
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“___ at Aarhus”

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“Reposes at Aarhus”

59
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Quote the fifth stanza

4

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“Trove of the turfcutters’”
“Honeycombed workings”
“Now his stained face”
“Reposes at Aarhus”

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Quote the first part of the poem

12

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“Some day I will go to Aarhus”
“To see his peat-brown head”
“The mild pods of his eye-lids”
“His pointed skin cap”

“In the flat country near by”
“Where they dug him out”
“His last gruel of winter seeds”
“Caked in his stomach”

“Naked except for”
“The cap, noose and girdle”
“I will stand a long time”
“Bridegroom to the goddess”

“She tightened her torc on him”
“And opened her fen”
“Those dark juices working”
“Him to a saint’s kept body”

“Trove of the turfcutters’”
“Honeycombed workings”
“Now his stained face”
“Reposes at Aarhus”