English Poetry Quotes

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Belfast Confetti
"A fusillade of question marks"
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Belfast Confetti
"Suddenly, as the riot squad moved in"
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Belfast Confetti
"I was trying to complete a sentence in my head but it kept stuttering"
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Catrin
"I can remember you child"
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Catrin
"Still I am fighting you off"
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Catrin
"the tight red rope of love"
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Catrin
"Defiant Glare"
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The charge of the light Brigade
"Rode the six hundred" Fact - Wrong Orders
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The charge of the light Brigade
"Cannon to the right of them , Cannon to the left of them , Cannon in front of them." Repetition
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The charge of the light Brigade
"Their's but to do and die" Pointlessness of War
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The charge of the light Brigade
"into the jaws of Death , into the mouth of hell"
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The Class Game
"How can you tell what class I'm from?" Rhetorical Question
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The Class Game
"say toilet instead of bog when i want to pee"
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The Class Game
"Im Proud of the class that i come from"
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Cousin Kate
"To lead a shameless shameful life"
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Cousin Kate
"he changed me like a glove"
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Cousin Kate
"chose you and cast me by"
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The destruction of Sennacherib
"And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea."
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The destruction of Sennacherib
"And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd ."
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The destruction of Sennacherib
"Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold"
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Exposure
"merciless iced east winds that knives us..."
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Exposure
"but nothing happens."
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Exposure
"sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence."
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Exposure
"We turn back to our dying"
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Half Caste
"I half-caste human being"
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Half Caste
"explain yuself"
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Half Caste
"an Mix a black key with a white key"
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The Man He killed
"I shot him dead because- Because he was my foe"
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The Man He killed
"And staring face to face,"
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The Man He killed
"But ranged as infantry,"
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The Man He Killed
"Had he and I but met"
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No Problem
"I can do more dan dance"
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No Problem
"I am not de problem"
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No Problem
"Sum of me best friends are white"
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A Poison Tree
"I was angry with my friend I told my wrath , my wrath did and."
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A Poison Tree
"And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles."
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A Poison Tree
"in the morning glad I see My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree"
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Poppies
"Before you left, I pinned one onto your lapel"
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Poppies
"I was brave , as I walked with you"
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Poppies
"The dove pulled freely against the sky"
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Poppies
"The world overflowing like a treasure chest"
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The Prelude
"Troubled Pleasure," Oxymoron - Guilt for stealing the boat, but feels good
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The Prelude
"Went heaving through the water like a swan;"Oxymoron and Simile - Boat moves Gracefully etc
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The Prelude
"a huge peak, black and huge, " Change in Tone - Nature can be powerful and seen as a monster
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War Photographer
"Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows" Metaphor - Soldiers going to war
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War Photographer
"They do not care" Don't want to acknowledge, no one seems to be bothered.
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War Photographer
"To do what someone must" Only photos make people acknowledge war
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What Were They Like
"Who can say? It is silent now." Rhetorical Question and Short Sentence - nice way of saying there all dead...
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What Were They Like
"after their children were killed/ there were no more buds" Metaphor - Children Compared to Buds
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What Were They Like
"Did they hold ceremonies to reverence the opening of buds?" Image of nature and new life
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Card 2

Front

"Suddenly, as the riot squad moved in"

Back

Belfast Confetti

Card 3

Front

"I was trying to complete a sentence in my head but it kept stuttering"

Back

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Card 4

Front

"I can remember you child"

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

"Still I am fighting you off"

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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