Poetry

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Decks in this class (18)

The Manhunt
Opening is instantly intimate 1,
Anaphora of this phrase indicates...,
Metaphor of bullet trail through ...
17  cards
Sonnet 43
Opening rhetorical question 1,
Anaphora of this phrase 2,
The narrator has many ways he lov...
18  cards
London
Anaphora of this phrase reflects ...,
What things are charter d 2,
People are disheartened 3
22  cards
The Soldier
Patriotism instantly incorporated...,
Somewhere is england enjambment u...,
England is a rich land 3
19  cards
She Walks in Beauty
Opens the poem with the title 1,
Her beauty is unusually compared ...,
She is compared to the beauty of ...
20  cards
Living Space
Enjambment and caesura in the ope...,
More enjambment and it tells us w...,
Everything is crooked 3
19  cards
As Imperceptibly as Grief
Poem starts with its title reiter...,
Summer is leaving dash shows thin...,
The movement is unnoticeable 3
19  cards
Cozy Apologia
The poem was dedicated to someone...,
The narrator is reminded of her l...,
Even the pen colour 3
25  cards
Valentine
Poet kicks off the poem by disreg...,
The narrator gives a gift a very ...,
Something special wrapped in some...
20  cards
A Wife in London
Used to set the scene pathetic fa...,
London also generic to show how w...,
The fog is layered the adjective ...
25  cards
Death of a naturalist
Aliteration used at the beginning...,
The plants are sweating in the sun 2,
Decay and death introduced 3
31  cards
Hawk Roosting
Introduces narrator as proud and ...,
Narrator is arrogant as they do t...,
The hawk does nothing but believe...
22  cards
To Autumn
What does the title suggest 1,
Summer is the season of provision 2,
Summer is ending autumn is a clos...
27  cards
Afternoons
Time is passing on is introduced ...,
This language introduces the recu...,
Nature is surrounding 3
25  cards
Dulce et Decorum Est
This imagery is used to contrast ...,
More imagery of the soldiers bein...,
The war seems hopeless and rest i...
32  cards
Ozymandias
These words at the beginning show...,
First narrative voice introduced ...,
The statue is very large but has ...
25  cards
Mametz Wood
The impacts of war are shown to b...,
The poet believes that war is a w...,
Continual references to fields sh...
26  cards
Prelude
Poem instantly set in winter 1,
The day is coming to a close 2,
The skies are clear there is nice...
25  cards

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