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simon armitage wrote what poem?
Manhunt
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what theme is the manhunt
war
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main structure of stanzas in manhunt...
rhyming couplets
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what is the poem manhunt about?
husband who comes back to his wife after war
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where is this quote from; 'in hearts at peace under an english heaven'
the solider
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where is this quote from; 'the smiles that win the tints that glow'
she walks in beauty
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who wrote she walks in beauty?
lord byron
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context of LORD BYRON
mad, bad and dangerous/ lavish lifestyle scandalous/ english romantic poet
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what did Rita Dove write?
cozy apologia
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what is cozy apologia about- facts of what was occurring at the time and her life
poem about her happiness with her husband, fred / written whilst hurricane floyd hit florida coastline (1993)
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who wrote as imperceptibly as grief
emily dickinson
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what is the main theme
nature / death / change
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why are dashes used throughout the poem?
slow down like the thought of grief / process of grief
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who wrote valentine
carol ann duffy
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what is the main theme?
love
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what is valentine about
a bad relationship / valentines day
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what makes valentine controversial?
first poet laurette/ uses an onion = unconventional gift
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what is this quote from; 'a quietness distilled'
as imperceptibly as grief
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what quote from; 'i fill this stolen time with you'
cozy apologia
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where from; 'the foetus of metal beneath his chest'
the manhunt
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what quote;' its fierce kiss will stay on your lips'
valentine
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what poem did seamus heaney write?
death of a naturalist
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what is death of a naturalist about
childhood of heaney growing up with tadpoles
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what theme (s) is death of a naturalist about?
childhood/nature/fear
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who wrote hawk roosting
ted hughes
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what is it about?
a hawk surveying the area
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what is the structure of hawk roosting
6 4 line stanza / regular rhyme / no pauses shows consistency always hunting and dislike of change
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what theme is hawk roosting
power/nature
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where from; 'bubble gargled delicately'
death of a naturalist
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where from; 'between my hooked head and hooked feet' and what language device
hawk roosting and assonance
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who wrote to autumn
john keats
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what is to autumn about
the change of summer to autumn
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theme of to autumn
time/change/nature/place
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why is to autumn significant
because keats is dying; like summer
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who wrote afternoons
philip larkin
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what is it about
the drudgery of being a mother
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where from;'while barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day'
to autumn
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what did wilfred owen write
dulce et decorum est
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what structure is it written in
iambic pentameter
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where from; ' the wind is ruining their courting - places
afternoons
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where from; ' coughing like hags we cursed through sludge'
dulce et decorum est
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who wrote ozymandias
percy bysshe shelley
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what is it about
egyptian king statue
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what structure is it written in
sonnet form - mocking great rulers
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main theme
power / change
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what poem did owen sheers write
mametz wood
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where from; 'round the decay of that collosal wreck boundless and bare'
ozymandias
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structure of mametz wood
3 line stanzas and rhyming couplets
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what is it about
farmers finding broken bones in their fields- battle of somme
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who wrote excerpt from the prelude
william wordsworth
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what is it about
winter as a kid in lake district
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what is the structure
no stanza no break
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where from; 'and their jaws, those that have them, dropped open'
mametz wood
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where from; ' and every ice crag twinkled like iron'
excerpt form the prelude
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who wrote sonnet 43
elizabeth barret browning
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what is sonnet 43 about (theme)
love
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where from; 'i shall but love thee better after death'
sonnet 43
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what poem did william blake write?
London
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what is london about?
religion/ suffering
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where from; ' in every cry of every man'
london
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what poem did imtiaz dharker write?
living space
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where from; ' the whole structure leans dangerously'
living space
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what theme is living space
place/suffering
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who wrote a wife in london
thomas hardy
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where from; a messengers knock cracks smartly
a wife in london
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what theme is a wife in london
loss/grief
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who wrote a wife in london
thomas hardy
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when was a wife in london set
during the boer war in south africa
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who wrote afternoons
philip larkin
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what theme is afternoons
time/change
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what structure is afternoons
octave 8 line stanzas
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where from; an estateful of washing
afternoons
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what poem is about the drudgery of being a mother
afternoons
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where from; ' every ice crag twinkled like iron'
excerpt from the prelude
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'we hiss'd along the polish'd ice'
excerpt from the prelude
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'the china plate of a shoulder blade'
mametz wood
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