At grass

Question 1

What are the 2 ideas within the poem?

Answer 1

1. Horses now have no identity or worth, due to retirement
2. The once successful and meaningful life that they held when racing

Question 2

1 - ‘The __ can hardly pick them out’

Answer 2

eye - the horses have no identity/anonymous

Question 3

1 - From the __ shade they shelter in’

Answer 3

cold - pathetic fallacy = neglect and discomfort that the horses endure

Question 4

1 - ‘and stands __ again’

Answer 4

anonymous - no identity, nothing to do, and have no purpose

Question 5

1 - ‘yet __ years ago’

Answer 5

fifteen - once had a purpose/were celebrated

Question 6

2 - ‘Silks at the start: against the __….’

Answer 6

sky - sibilance + listing = makes you do it in one breath + overwhelming excitement of their former lives

Question 7

2 - ‘to stop-press __ on the street’

Answer 7

columns - news paper reports - they once had an identity gifted to them + were celebrated + had an identity

Question 8

2 - ‘Almanacked, their __ live’

Answer 8

names - they once had a purpose/identity that was worth recording