Places
takes its origin from the Welsh, ‘Ysgirid Fawr’ which roughly translates as ‘shattered mountain’.
Skirrid Hill
He is considered by some to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history
Robert Capa
a body part of a horse which corresponds
to the human knuckle such as that on the ball of the
foot
Fetlock
"listening to the mini bus diminish"
Assonance (repetition of vowel sounds)
Two poems that explore the theme of FAMILY
“On Going” “The Wake” “Inheritance”
“Farther” “Trees”
the objective of the 38th (Welsh) Division during the First Battle of the Somme. The attack was made in a northerly direction over a ridge, focussing on the German positions
Mametz Wood
a craftsman who trims and shoes horses' hooves.
Farrier
On the Paper One Poetry Section of the AS Lit exam, you will turn to and write your commentary on which collection and by which author?
Skirrid Hill by Owen Sheers
Short and sharp and solitary
2 devices
alliteration AND polysyndeton
Two poems that explore the theme of adolescence / growing up
"Joseph Jones"
"Hedge School"
"Border Country"
small informal illegal schools, particularly in 18th- and 19th-century Ireland, designed to secretly provide the rudiments of primary education to children of 'non-conforming' faiths
Hedge School
(born 20 September 1974) is a Welsh poet, author, playwright and TV presenter.[
Owen Sheers
Three objects the author remembers about his companion while walking the streets of Paris as described in the poem "Valentine."
Heels Tassels/skirt wet lashes
Curve / hip
"like a magician whose tricks are just the way of things"
Simile
Two poems that explore the themes of Love and Relationships
"Song" "Marking Time" "Winter Swans" "Valentine"
is an easterly outlier of the Black Mountains in Wales, and forms the easternmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Skirrid Fawr
"A small town myth" who liked fast cars, fights, women, and drinking.
Joseph Jones
"They mate for life"
Swans
"to tip these ashes onto the tongues of the wind"
Personification
Two poems that explore the theme of Wales and the Welch Identity
"Y Gaer" "The Hill Fort" "Skirrid Fawr"
"History" "Flag" "Border Country"
a large defended enclosure situated on a hilltop 60m above sea level.
Hill Fort / Y Gaer
The subject of the poem "On Going" mentioned in the Epigraph
Jean Sheers, Owen Sheer's grandmother.
The day after Christmas in the UK
Boxing Day
"logarithms.....hieroglyphics"
and
"to find a way through the dark"
Polysyllabic
and
monosyllabic
The three poems that organize the collection in terms of first, middle, and last in the collection
"Last Act" "Intermission" "Skirrid Fawr"