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Poem & Author
Dates
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Earth hath not anything...
...to show more fair
100
Where is district six?
Cape Town, South Africa
100
Whose wife had TB?
Robert Browning
100
I press my nose to the clear panes, know,...
Nothing's Chaged by Tatamkhulu Afrika
100
When was Adelstrop published?
1917
200
The mermaids in the basement...
...came out to look at me
200
What are two poems that have the theme of 'beach' in them?
Where the picnic was, Thomas Hardy. In Romney Marsh, John Davidson. I started early - took my dog, Emily Dickinson. Stewart Island, Fleur Adcock. Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan, Moniza Alvi.
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Name two poets who were Romantics...
John Keats. William Wordsworth. William Blake.
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As I went down to Dymchurch Wall,...
In Romney Marsh, John Davidson
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What date is in the title of 'Westminster Bridge?'
September 3, 1802
300
To swell the gourd...
...and plump the hazel shells
300
Who had agoraphobia?
Emily Dickinson
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Who was Edward Thomas travelling to see?
Robert Frost
300
There's not a guest house or hotel within a hundred miles.
Postcard from a Travel Snob, Sophie Hannah
300
When did the Apartheid regime segregate the inhabitants of district six?
1960s
400
Through winter mire, And scan and trace...
...the forsaken place Quite readily.
400
What is the meaning of 'apartheid,' and from which poem does it come?
Apartheid - a system of segregation or discrimination according to race. Nothing's changed, Tatamkhulu Afrika
400
What is meant by 'The wire from Romney town to Hythe,' and what is the significance of it?
Telephone wire. Telephones were new then, so this quote is a reference to them
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Or any discord shake the level breeze
Absence, Elizabeth Jennings
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When was 'Where the Picnic was' written, and what do many people think this poem is about?
1914. His dead wife, Emma, who died in 1912
500
What is the meaning of trees Falling heavy as whales...
...Their crusted roots Their cratered graves?
500
Who went on a walking tour of Europe?
William Wordsworth
500
What poem was written just before/during the French Revolution?
Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 - William Wordsworth
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Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn.
To Autumn, John Keats
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'The Movement' began in 1954. What poem was written during this period, and when was it written?
Absence, Elizabeth Jennings - 1958
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