Seamus Heaney: "The Skunk" Flashcards
(104 cards)
1
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___, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
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Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
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Up, ___, striped and damasked like the chasuble
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Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
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Up, black, ___ and damasked like the chasuble
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Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
4
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Up, black, striped and ___ like the chasuble
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Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
5
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Up, black, striped and damasked ____
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Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
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___, ___, ___ and ___ like the chasuble
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Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
7
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__ a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk
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At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk
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____, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk
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At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk
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At a funeral mass, ____ paraded the skunk
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At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk
10
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At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail ___ the skunk
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At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk
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At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded ____
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At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail paraded the skunk
12
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____ after night I expected her like a visitor
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Night after night I expected her like a visitor
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Night after ___ I expected her like a visitor
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Night after night I expected her like a visitor
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____ I expected her like a visitor
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Night after night I expected her like a visitor
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Night after night ____ like a visitor
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Night after night I expected her like a visitor
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Night after night I expected her ___
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Night after night I expected her like a visitor
17
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Quote the first stanza of the poem
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Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
At a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail
Paraded the skunk. Night after night
I expected her like a visitor
18
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The ___ whinnied into silence
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The refrigerator whinnied into silence
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The refrigerator ____ into silence
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The refrigerator whinnied into silence
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The refrigerator whinnied ___
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The refrigerator whinnied into silence
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___ whinnied into silence
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The refrigerator whinnied into silence
22
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The refrigerator ___
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The refrigerator whinnied into silence
23
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My ___ softened beyond the verandah
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My desk light softened beyond the verandah
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My desk light ___ beyond the verandah
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My desk light softened beyond the verandah
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____ beyond the verandah
My desk light softened beyond the verandah
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My desk light softened beyond the ____
My desk light softened beyond the verandah
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My desk light softened ____
My desk light softened beyond the verandah
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___ loomed in the orange tree
Small oranges loomed in the orange tree
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Small oranges ___ in the orange tree
Small oranges loomed in the orange tree
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Small oranges loomed ____
Small oranges loomed in the orange tree
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____ be tense as a voyeur
I began to be tense as a voyeur
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I began to ___ as a voyeur
I began to be tense as a voyeur
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I began to be tense ___
I began to be tense as a voyeur
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I began to ____
I began to be tense as a voyeur
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Quote the second stanza of the poem
The refrigerator whinnied into silence
My desk light softened beyond the verandah
Small oranges loomed in the orange tree
I began to be tense as a voyeur
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___ eleven years I was composing
After eleven years I was composing
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After ___ I was composing
After eleven years I was composing
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____ I was composing
After eleven years I was composing
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After eleven years I was ___
After eleven years I was composing
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After eleven years ___
After eleven years I was composing
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___ again, broaching the word 'wife'
Love-letters again, broaching the word 'wife'
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Love-letters ___, broaching the word 'wife'
Love-letters again, broaching the word 'wife'
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Love-letters again, ___ the word 'wife'
Love-letters again, broaching the word 'wife'
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Love-letters again, ____ 'wife'
Love-letters again, broaching the word 'wife'
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Love-letters again, broaching the word '___'
Love-letters again, broaching the word 'wife'
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___ stored cask, as if its slender vowel
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel
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Like a ___, as if its slender vowel
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel
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Like a stored cask, ___ slender vowel
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel
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Like a stored cask, as if its ____
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel
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Had mutated into the night earth and air
Had mutated into the night earth and air
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___ into the night earth and air ... Of California
Had mutated into the night earth and air ... Of California
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Had mutated ___ night earth and air ... Of California
Had mutated into the night earth and air ... Of California
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Had mutated into the ___ ... Of California
Had mutated into the night earth and air ... Of California
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Had mutated into the night earth and air ... ___
Had mutated into the night earth and air ... Of California
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Quote the third stanza of the poem
After eleven years I was composing
Love-letters again, broaching the word 'wife'
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel
Had mutated into the night earth and air
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Quote the first three stanzas of the poem
Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
At a funeral mass, the skunk's tail
Paraded the skunk. Night after night
I expected her like a visitor
The refrigerator whinnied into silence
My desk light softened beyond the verandah
Small oranges loomed in the orange tree
I began to be tense as a voyeur
After eleven years I was composing
Love-letters again, broaching the word 'wife'
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel
Had mutated into the night earth and air
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___ useless tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence.
The beautiful, useless tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence.
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The beautiful, ____ of eucalyptus spelt your absence.
The beautiful, useless tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence.
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The beautiful, useless tang ___ spelt your absence.
The beautiful, useless tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence.
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The beautiful, useless tang of eucalyptus ____.
The beautiful, useless tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence.
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____ a mouthful of wine
The aftermath of a mouthful of wine
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The aftermath of ____
The aftermath of a mouthful of wine
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___ inhaling you off a cold pillow
Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow
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Was like ___ off a cold pillow
Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow
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Was like inhaling you ___
Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow
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Quote the fourth stanza
Of California. The beautiful, useless
Tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence
The aftermath of a mouthful of wine
Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow
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___ there she was, the intent and glamorous
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
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And ___, the intent and glamorous
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
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____, the intent and glamorous
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
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And there she was, the ___and glamorous
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
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And there she was, the intent and ___
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
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And there she was, ____
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
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___, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized
Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized
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Ordinary, ___, mythologized, demythologized
Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized
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____, mythologized, demythologized
Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized
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Ordinary, mysterious skunk, ___, demythologized
Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized
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Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, ____
Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized
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Ordinary, mysterious skunk, ____
Ordinary, mysterious skunk, mythologized, demythologized
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____ the boards five feet beyond me
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
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Snuffling ___ five feet beyond me
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
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___ five feet beyond me
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
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Snuffling the boards___ beyond me
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
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Snuffling the boards five feet ___
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
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Snuffling the boards ___
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
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Quote the fifth stanza of the poem
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
Ordinary, mysterious skunk,
Mythologized, demythologized
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
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____ last night,
It all came back to me last night,
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It all came back to me ___,
It all came back to me last night,
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____ by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
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Stirred by the ___ of your things at bedtime,
Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
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____ of your things at bedtime,
Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
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Stirred by the sootfall ___ at bedtime,
Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
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Stirred by the sootfall of your things ___,
Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
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Stirred by the sootfall ____,
Stirred by the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
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___, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer
Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer
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Your head-down, ___ in a bottom drawer
Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer
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Your head-down, tail-up hunt ___
Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer
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___ black plunge-line nightdress
For the black plunge-line nightdress
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For the ___ plunge-line nightdress
For the black plunge-line nightdress
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For the black ___ nightdress
For the black plunge-line nightdress
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For the black plunge-line ___
For the black plunge-line nightdress
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For the____
For the black plunge-line nightdress
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Quote the sixth stanza of the poem
It all came back to me last night, stirred
By the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer
For the black plunge-line nightdress
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Quote the last three stanzas of the poem
Of California. The beautiful, useless
Tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence
The aftermath of a mouthful of wine
Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
Ordinary, mysterious skunk,
Mythologized, demythologized
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
It all came back to me last night, stirred
By the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer
For the black plunge-line nightdress
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Quote the poem
Up, black, striped and damasked like the chasuble
At a funeral mass, the skunk's tail
Paraded the skunk. Night after night
I expected her like a visitor
The refrigerator whinnied into silence
My desk light softened beyond the verandah
Small oranges loomed in the orange tree
I began to be tense as a voyeur
After eleven years I was composing
Love-letters again, broaching the word 'wife'
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel
Had mutated into the night earth and air
Of California. The beautiful, useless
Tang of eucalyptus spelt your absence
The aftermath of a mouthful of wine
Was like inhaling you off a cold pillow
And there she was, the intent and glamorous
Ordinary, mysterious skunk,
Mythologized, demythologized
Snuffling the boards five feet beyond me
It all came back to me last night, stirred
By the sootfall of your things at bedtime,
Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer
For the black plunge-line nightdress
