Poetry Context

Question 1

(Context) Manhunt + author

Answer 1

1990 Bosnian War
Discharged due to PTSD and physical state
Laura and Eddie Beddos
From Laura’s perspective
By SIMON ARMITAGE

Question 2

(Context) Sonnet 43 + author

Answer 2

Victorian poem
For Robert Browning
She went against her father
Modern poem
Believed in freedom
Based on real love
Emotional
By ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING

Question 3

(Context) London + author

Answer 3

Industrial revolution
French revolution
Urbanisation
Romanticism
Published 1794
By WILLIAM BLAKE

Question 4

(Context) The Soldier + Author

Answer 4

Patriarchy
Idolises England
His love for his country
Written when he was at WW1
He died at war
By RUPERT BROOKE

Question 5

(Context) She Walks In Beauty + author

Answer 5

Romanticism
Believed woman he writes about is his cousins wife
Describes beaty of a woman
By LORD BYRON

Question 6

(Context) Living Space + author

Answer 6

born Pakistan
raise awareness of issues in Mumbai
By IMTIAZ DHARKER

Question 7

(Context) As Imperceptibly as Grief + author

Answer 7

experienced very harsh cold winters
Romanticism
Enjoys and appreciates nature
looked after sick mother so she stayed home
house overlooked graves
she was isolated
By EMILY DICKENSON

Question 8

(Context) To Autumn + author

Answer 8

He describes a walk he has been on / his inspiration
Romanticist
loved nature
By JOHN KEATS

Question 8

(Context) Hawk Roosting + author

Answer 8

His appreciation on nature
MAY symbolize 20th century dictators like Hitler
published in 60s the age of nature and hippy movement
By TED HUGHES

Question 9

(Context) Afternoons + author

Answer 9

Feared commitment
worried about his parents marriage
pessimistic views to commitment cause him to have affairs
watches the lives of wives from afar
By PHILLIP LARKIN

Question 10

(Context) Dulce et Decorum Est + author

Answer 10

About WW1
sees horrors of war first hand
He died just before the end of the war
By WILFRED OWEN

Question 11

(Context) Ozymandias + author

Answer 11

Romanticist
Enjoyed power of nature
He was against leaders and monarchies
Ramses II pharaoh
By PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

Question 12

(Context) Mametz Wood + author

Answer 12

Welsh poet
A battle happened many years ago
Battle in Mametz woods in WW1
600 Welsh soldiers killed
He writes to show bravery and heroism of fallen men
By OWEN SHEERS

Question 13

(Context) The Prelude + author

Answer 13

Lake District influenced his writing
Romantic poet
nature as awe inspiring and worshiped its beauty and power
autobiographical and based on childhood
By WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question 14

(Context) Cozy Apologia + author

Answer 14

Youngest poet laureate
focused on complex and powerful emotions
hurricane killed 65 in 1999
writes about her love for her husband
By RITA DOVE

Question 15

(Context) Valentine + author

Answer 15

written for Valentines day
from any lover to beloved (no indicated sex)
exploration of love between 2 people
by CAROL ANN DUFFY

Question 16

(Context) A Wife In London + author

Answer 16

Anti war views
During British Empire and he saw unnecessary war
Soldiers had no easy contact home
Wife’s not knowing if husbands are alive
By THOMAS HARDY

Question 17

(Context) Death of a Naturalist + author

Answer 17

Poems about loss of innocence
He grew up on a farm
He lost his younger brother in a car accident
By SEAMUS HEANEY