Edward Thomas Quiz

For Edward Thomas' poetry in the English Literature examination for OCR AS level.

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  • Created by: Sarah
  • Created on: 11-05-12 14:51
B I D K Q R A G W E Y F V Q A V Q B T S W
E I Q H U H S O T Y D X U P G E X U F I J
V P C Q H J T G A R P U D F H Y O B X M M
Y E I G U R H X X A K T O J C S S C P B N
O F F R E F E O Y U D G D U T A X P S Y U
M G O B G S T T F J B E G H G W O A X F U
G C Y K R W E S V J E C G N A I M Q C F S
G H S W G C A O I D I I W S Y L E W Y F U
I Q E Q Y L M K U W L X M X A P E U I U J
N X J S R B S Q F I E A R P I X H M A E G
L T Q P O F H L B W B B O N L X N U L R R
G I E I L U E S D V E G W A D D S H D U R
Q B W K G Q A L K G C Q K F D D L U P A Y
F E N J E M D B V O N H F I R C E N H A M
K B M B H T B C F Q B B O O J K V X N T A
Q O C E T S R N I S U R W G N J N K C T L
K D G H P Q A U B L H E I O P O I N F T E
Y N W P K A S V W W L U N Y U N A R W D H
Q R B A D B S J F E I R W D U L R U Y H U
R D R G P Y B I T G I U C V U L W O Q E S
L N R T A D F M F K B F U G X J F D Y V S

Clues

  • "rain, midnight rain, nothing but the wild rain" refers to an outpouring of emotion in which poem? (4)
  • In which poem are simple descriptions such as "the cuckoo crying over the untouched dew" and "small dark drops"? (3, 5)
  • In which poem does the structure represent continuity? (2, 3, 5, 4, 5)
  • In which poem does Thomas lose his way? "I may lose my way and myself." (6, 3)
  • In which poem does Thomas refer to poetry, writing "Choose me, you English words?" and "Fixed and free, in a rhyme, as poets do"? (5)

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Sarah

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Hope this helps!

Emma

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very helpful, thanks

Dla2lag

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A quick quiz that can test your understanding of the poems and check how well you actually know them! Good starting point for a group revision session and can pick focus areas to work on after completing the quiz.

lydia

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Fantastic resource

BigBoiCheese420

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