Poetry quotes Flashcards
(30 cards)
“I told it… did grow” A poison tree
“I told it not, my wrath did grow”
“I water’d… fears” A poison tree
“I water’d it in fears”
“My foe….. tree” A poison tree
“My foe outstretched beneath the tree”
“Angel…. death” The destruction of Sennacherib
“Angel of death”
“hath melted…. Lord!” The destruction of Sennacherib”
“hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!”
“Small circles…. moon” v “the grim…. stars” The prelude
“Small circles glittering idly in the moon” v “the grim shape towered up between me and the stars”
” a trouble… dreams” The prelude
“a trouble to my dreams”
“I shot him…. foe” The man he killed
“I shot him dead because / because he was my foe”
“quaint…. war is” The man he killed
“quaint and curious war is”
“He wore…. knot” Cousin Kate
“He wore me like a golden knot”
“My shame… closer yet” Cousin Kate
“My shame, my pride / cling closer, closer yet”
“Explain… yu mean” Half-caste
“Explain yuself / what yu mean”
“I will… my story” Hlaf-caste
“I will tell you / de other half / of my story”
“the merciless… knife us” Exposure
“The merciless iced east winds that knife us”
“but… happens” Exposure
“but nothing happens”
“Into…. death” The charge of the light brigade
“Into the jaws of death”
“Noble… hundred!” The charge of the light brigade
“Noble six hundred!”
“the tight… love” Catrin
“the tight red rope of love”
“our struggle… separate” Catrin
“our struggle to become separate”
“silk crumpled… champagne giggles” v “the first… the stones” War photographer
“silk crumpled on the grass / in champagne giggles” v “the first bomb of the morning / shattered the stones”
“This hyphenated… rapid fire” Belfast confetti
“This hyphenated line… a burst of rapid fire”
“Why… escape?” Belfast confetti
“Why can’t I escape?”
“How can…. I’m from?” The class game
“How can you tell what class I’m from?”
“I’m proud… from” The class game
“I’m proud of the class that come from”
