english literature

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Decks in this class (20)

'the manhunt' - simon armitage
Describe the context of the manhu...,
Analyse the title the manhunt 2,
Analyse the portrayal of relation...
8  cards
'sonnet 43' - elizabeth barrett browning
What is the context of sonnet 43 1,
Describe the use of structure in ...,
What does the repetition of i lov...
9  cards
'london' - william blake
Describe the context of london 1,
Describe the industrial revolution 2,
Analyse the title london 3
11  cards
'the soldier' - rupert brooke
Describe the context of the soldi...,
Analyse the title the soldier 2,
Analyse the use of language 3
9  cards
'cozy apologia' - rita dove
Describe the context of cozy apol...,
Analyse the title cozy apologia f...,
Analyse the first stanza of the p...
9  cards
'she walks in beauty' - lord byron
Describe lord byron 1,
Describe she walks in beauty 2,
Analyse the title she walks in be...
12  cards
'living space' - imtiaz dharker
Describe the context of living sp...,
Describe the mumbai slums 2,
Analyse the title living space 3
8  cards
'valentine' - carol ann duffy
Describe the context of valentine 1,
Describe the overall structure of...,
Analyse the title valentine 3
9  cards
'a wife in london' - thomas hardy
Describe the context of the poem 1,
Describe the boer war 2,
Analyse the title a wife in london 3
8  cards
'death of a naturalist' - seamus heaney
Describe the writer 1,
Analyse the title 2,
Analyse the first 4 lines 3
13  cards
'hawk roosting' - ted hughes
Describe ted hughes 1,
Describe the influence of the ima...,
Analyse the title 3
16  cards
'afternoons' - philip larkin
Describe larkin 1,
Describe britain in the 1960s 2,
Analyse the title 3
10  cards
'dulce et decorum est' - wilfred owen
Describe the context of wilfred o...,
What does dulce et decorum est me...,
Describe jessie pope s poem who s...
11  cards
'ozymandias' - percy bysshe shelley
What is the context of the poet o...,
What is the context of ozymandias...,
Analyse the title ozymandias 3
10  cards
'mametz wood' - owen sheers
Describe the context of owen shee...,
Describe the context of mametz wo...,
Analyse the title mametz wood 3
14  cards
'the prelude' - william wordsworth
Describe william wordsworth 1,
What is romanticism 2,
Analyse the title 3
12  cards
macbeth plot analysis
What happens in scene 1 act 1 ana...,
What quotes describe the witches ...,
What happens in scene 2 act 1 ana...
74  cards
macbeth characters
Describe macbeth on the whole bef...,
Describe the portrayal of macbeth...,
Describe how macbeth is shown as ...
31  cards
macbeth themes
Ambition describe how ambition is...,
Ambition how is ambition macbeth ...,
Ambition describe how it s shown ...
20  cards
shakespeare's techniques
Structure how does shakespeare pr...,
Structure how does the theme of t...,
Mood and atmosphere how does shak...
22  cards

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