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Poetry anthology 3.0 Flashcards

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What is the context behind Sonnet 43?

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Poet became reclusive after brother died
Married a poet
Strong religious upbringing

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What quotes could be used for Sonnet 43? (8)

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“how do I love thee?”
“depth and breadth”
“feeling out of sight”
“sun and candlelight”
“purely”
“with my lost saints”
“smiles, tears, of all my life!”
“better after death”

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What are the other important stuff to say about Sonnet 43?

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Enjambment + inconsistent rhyme scheme shows chaos and desperation to express love
Sonnet - love and passion

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What is the context behind London?

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Lived in London
Lost faith in religion and critisiced it

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What quotes can be used for London? (9)

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“chater’d”
“every face I meet”
“marks of weakness, marks of woe”
“every”
“mind-forg’d manacles I hear”
“black’ning church”
“runs in blood down palace walls”
“youthful harlot”
“marriage hearse”

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What are the other important stuff to say about London?

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Consistent structure and rhyme scheme just like situation in London is consistent
Dark imagery (e.g. “black’ning”, “midnight”)

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What is the context behind As Imperceptibly as Grief?

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Dickinson was highly reclusive and considered an eccentric
Fascinated by nature

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What quotes can be used for As Imperceptibly as Grief? (9)

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“grief”
“summer lapsed away”
“imperceptible at last”
“Quietness distilled”
“herself”
“foreign shone”
“courteous, yet harrowing grace”
“without a wing”
“her light escape”

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What are the other important stuff to say about As Imperceptibly as Grief?

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Lack of full stops - passing of time can’t be stopped or slowed
Dashes - emphasises lengthy process for her, tries to control rapidly passing time

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What is the context behind Cozy Apologia?

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Auto-biographical poem
Takes time to reflect on her ordinary life during a hurricane

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What quotes can be used for Cozy Apologia? (9)

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“for Fred”
“this lamp”
“do-it-now-and-take-no-risks”
“worthless boys”
“sweet with a dark and hollow center”
“cussing up a storm”
“content, but fall short of the divine”
“when has the ordinary ever been news?”
“stolen time”

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What are the other important stuff to say about Cozy Apologia?

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Ordinary structure = ordinary lifestyle
Rhyming couplets = perfection/normalcy
3rd stanza rhyme scheme lost = a bit of chaos in her otherwise normal life
Ornothological imagery = nesting, feelings of safety
Brackets throughout give a conversational tone - casual
When topic goes away from Fred, rhyme scheme stops = Fred necessary to keeping the normalcy and stability in her life

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What is the context behind Valentine?

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Reminiscent of metaphysical poets - approaching ordinary objects/subjects in original ways

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What quotes can be used for Valentine? (9)

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“not a red rose”
“light”
“careful undressing”
“here”
“grief”
“I am trying to be truthful”
“for as long as we are”
“wedding-ring”
“lethal”

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What are the other important stuff to say about Valentine?

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Pragmatic, controlling tone
Short sentences show deperation and insecurity
Free verse structure - does not follow conventions, just like their relationship
Fragmented speech, repetition, enjambment - struggle to communicate

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What is the context behind A Wife in London?

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Poet very critical of Victorian society and examines social constructs
Poem about Boer War

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What quotes can be used for A Wife in London?

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“a wife in London”
“tawny vapour”
“waning taper”
“cracks smartly”
“he-has fallen”
“fog hangs thicker”
“his hand whom the worm now knows”
“fresh-firm”
“hoped”
“they would learn”

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What are the other important stuff to say about A Wife in London?

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Fragmented structure = message takes a while to understand, gets the message in bits
“fallen” vs “worm now knows” - gets more brutal as she sees the reality of the situation

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What is the context behind Death of a Naturalist?

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Heaney born in 1939 in Northern Ireland
Celebrates beauty of nature

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What quotes can be used for Death of a Naturalist? (11)

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“death of a naturalist”
“flax and rotted”
“there were dragon-flies”
“but best of all”
“in the shade”
“yellow in sun and brown in rain”
“rank”
“angry frogs”
“invaded”
“mud grenades”
“clutch it”

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What are the other important stuff to say about Death of a Naturalist?

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View of nature completely changed - innocent, childish views to negative, more realistic ones
Constant use of onomatopoeia (e.g. “croaking”) shows threat and danger

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What is the context behind To Autumn?

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Romantic poet who appreciated nature
Wrote in 1800s

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What quotes can be used for To Autumn? (7)

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“to autumn”
“maturing sun”
“bless”
“swell the gourd”
“granary floor”
“with patient look”
“soft-dying”

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What are the other important stuff to say about To Autumn?

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Vocabulary is rich and sensuous
Poem highlights that autumn coming is good for some animals (“hedge-crickets sing”) and bad for others (“small gnats mourn”)

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What is the context behind Dulce?

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Killed in action
One of war’s most famous poets

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What quotes can be used for Dulce? (11)

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“bent double, like old beggars”
“sludge”
“men marched asleep”
“dropping softly behind”
“Gas! Gas! Quick, boys”
“someone”
“guttering, choking, drowning”
“smothering dreams”
“every jolt, the blood”
“my friend”
“desperate glory”

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What are the other important stuff to say about Dulce?

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Enjambment = sense of chaos, uncontrollability, unpredictibility just like lives of soldiers during war
Title is sarcastic

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What is the context behind Ozymandias?

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Romantic poet critical of monarchy and religion

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What quotes can be used for Ozymandias?

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“ozymandias”
“vast and trunkless legs of stone”
“frown”
“sneer of cold command”
“heart that fed”
“king of kings”
“look”
“colossal wreck”
“sands stretch far away”

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What are the other important stuff to say about Ozymandias?

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Criticism of church and religion - Ozymandias compares himself to god
Poem is sonnet = Ozymandias loves himself
Rhyme scheme is constantly changing just like power

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What is the context behind The Prelude?

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Love for nature and enthusiast for the ideals of the French Revolution
One of the people marking beginning of romantic movement

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What quotes can be used for the Prelude? (8)

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“was set”
“visible for many a mile”
“cottage windows”
“twilight blaz’d”
“flew”
“not a voice was idle”
“sent an alien sound”
“melancholy, not unnoticed”

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What are the other important stuff to say about The Prelude?

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Prelude = piece of music before a performance begins, poem talks about beginning of poet’s life

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