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6. "All my words flattened, rolled, turned into felt slowly melting" - What semantic field is created?
- sewing
- cooking
- art
- military
7. Which word does NOT fit a semantic field of injury?
- "graze"
- "spasms"
- "intoxicated"
- "bandaged"
8. "my stomach busy making tucks, darts, pleats" - What semantic field does the list of three create?
- conflict
- photography
- textiles
- battle
9. Fill in the gap: "The dove pulled freely against the sky, an ________ stitch"
- open
- intrigate
- ornamental
- ingrained
10. "blockade", "reinforcements", "Armistice Sunday" - what connotations link all of those phrases?
- birds
- battle
- freedom
- sleep
11. Fill in the gap: "Sellotape _______ around my hand, I rounded up as many white cat hairs as I could"
- bandaged
- coiled
- wrapped
- twisted
12. Which is not a key text message of the poem?
- Conflict results in loss
- The past is powerful
- Power is corrupt
- War is destructive
13. Fill in the gap: "I resisted the _______ to run my fingers through the gelled blackthorns of your hair."
14. Fill in the gap: "After you'd gone I went into your bedroom, released a ________ from its cage."
- parakeet
- humming bird
- song bird
- dove
15. Other than a poet, what was Jane Weir's profession?
- chef
- textile designer
- singer
- photographer