Under Ben Bulben Flashcards

1
Q

The value of art

A

Irish poets learn your trade

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2
Q

Self-inscribed epitaph

A

Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!

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3
Q

bald, flat mountain

A

Under bare Ben Bulben’s head

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4
Q

fortune telling

A

In Drumcliff Churchyard Yeats is laid

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5
Q

unique

A

No marble, no Conventional Phrase,

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6
Q

equality oxymoron, like in old tales

A

Sing the peasantry, and then

Hard-riding Country gentlemen

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7
Q

ashes to ashes, dust to dust

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On limestone quarried near the spot

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8
Q

unkempt, naivety of youth

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All out of shape from toe to top

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