Poems of the Decade 3.0 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? English LiteratureModern PoetryA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: maninimanushiCreated on: 02-05-18 10:24 Eat Me - Patience Agbabi (3) Themes: femininity, power, dominance, oppression, destruction 1 of 20 Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass - Simon Armitage (6) Themes: destruction, nature vs man, masculinity, femininity, rebirth 2 of 20 Material - Ros Barber (10) Themes: generational differences, parental relationships, modern vs past, moving on, childhood, growing up 3 of 20 History - John Burnside (25) Themes: impending doom, living in the moment, childhood, oblivion, growing up 4 of 20 An Easy Passage - Julia Copus (27) Themes: growing up, moving on, generational differences, societal gaze, independence 5 of 20 The Deliverer - Tishani Doshi (43) Themes: societal gaze, judgement on women, patriarchal society, parental relationships, power, dominance, feminity 6 of 20 The Lammas Hireling - Ian Duhig (51) Themes: man vs nature, supernatural, power, destruction 7 of 20 To My Nine-Year-Old Self - Helen Dunmore (52) Themes: growing up, generational differences, regret, maturity 8 of 20 A Minor Role - U.A. Fanthorpe (57) Themes: appearance vs reality, societal judgement, illness 9 of 20 The Gun - Vicki Feaver (62) Themes: destruction, violence, traditional gender roles, masculinity, femininity, nature vs man 10 of 20 The Furthest Distances I Have Travelled - Leontia Flynn (64) Themes: journey, discovery, self-discovery 11 of 20 Giuseppe - Roderick Ford (66) Themes: man vs nature, destruction, society, hypocrisy, regret, supernatural, power, masculinity, femininity 12 of 20 Out of the Bag - Seamus Heaney (81) Themes: childhood, maturity, denial, motherhood, power, parental relationships 13 of 20 Effects - Alan Jenkins (92) Themes: deterioration, death, illness, generational differences, motherhood, parental relationships, attitudes to change 14 of 20 Genetics - Sinead Morrissey (125) Themes: parental relationships, separation, generational differences, motherhood, fatherhood 15 of 20 From the Journal of a Disappointed Man - Andrew Motion (127) Themes: masculinity, oppression, gender roles, societal judgement 16 of 20 Look We Have Coming to Dover! - Daljit Nagra (129) Themes: alienated in society, adjustment, journey, moving on, 17 of 20 Please Hold - Ciaran O'Driscoll (132) Themes: modern vs past, generational differences, attitudes to change, 18 of 20 On her Blindness - Adam Thorpe (170) Themes: death, illness, societal judgement, parental relationships, motherhood, 19 of 20 Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn - Tim Turnbull (172) Themes: modern vs past, generational differences, society, 20 of 20
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