Poetry Flashcards
1
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The Death of a Naturalist
Start Quote :D
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All Year the Flexdam Festered in the Heart
2
Q
The Death of a Naturalist
Middle Quote :D
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For they were Yellow in the Sun and Brown in the Rain
3
Q
The Death of a Naturalist
End Quote :D
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That if I Dipped my Hand the Spawn would Clutch it
4
Q
Manhunt
Start Quote :D
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Only then Would he let me Trace the Frozen River which ran through his Face
5
Q
Manhunt
Middle Quote :D
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The Parachute Silk of his Punctured Lung
6
Q
Manhunt
End Quote :D
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Then, and only then, did I come close
7
Q
Context:
Mammetz Wood
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- Welsh Poet
- Real Place in France
- The Battle of Somme in 1916
8
Q
Context:
Dulce et Decorum Est
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- Known for Horrific Imagery
- Written as a Direct Reply to Jessie Pope
- Published Posthumously (After Death)
9
Q
Context:
A Wife in London
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- The Boer War (1899-1902)
- Was Against War
- Britain Lost Numbers (Unprepared)
10
Q
Context:
Cozy Apologia
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- A Tribute to her Husband Fred
- Reflects on her Relationship
- Hurricane Floyd Hit the Coast of the USA in 1999
11
Q
Context:
Valentine
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- Scottish Poet
- Was Poet Laureate
- LGBT
- Challenges Stereotypes
12
Q
Context:
To Autumn
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- Ode
- Diagnosed with TB (Poem Reflects Feelings)
- Death at 25
- Romantic Poet
13
Q
Context:
Afternoons
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- Born in Coventry
- Never Married
- Famous for Celebrating the Ordinary
- Offered Poet Laureate (Declined it)
14
Q
Context:
The Prelude
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- Taken from a Bigger Poem
- Autobiographical
- Influential Romantic Poet
- Happy Memories before Parents Death
15
Q
Context:
Sonnet 43
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- Victorian Poet
- Had a Life-long Illness
- Dedicated to her Husband
- Published Poems in Portuguese
