september 1913 quotes— wb yeats Flashcards
1
Q
greasy
A
“fumble in a greasy till”
2
Q
prayer
A
“shivering prayer”
3
Q
marrow
A
“You have dried the marrow from the bone”
4
Q
romantic
A
“Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone”
5
Q
irish heroes
A
“they”
6
Q
wind
A
“world like wind”
7
Q
rope
A
“hangman’s rope”
8
Q
help
A
“God help us”
9
Q
dead
A
“Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone”
10
Q
wild
A
“wild geese”
11
Q
war and violence
A
“tide”
12
Q
blood
A
“blood was shed”
13
Q
wolfe
A
“Edward Fitzgerald… Robert Emmet and Wolfe Tone”
14
Q
brave
A
“delirium of the brave?”
15
Q
gone
A
“Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone”
16
Q
exiles
A
“call those exiles”
17
Q
yellow
A
“Some woman’s yellow hair/ Has maddened every mother’s son”
18
Q
lightly
A
“weighed so lightly”
19
Q
O’Leary
A
“they’re dead and gone,/ They’re with O’Leary in the grave.”
