Poems of the Decade Revision

Question 1

What is the narrator of 'Please Hold' frustrated by?

Accepted Answer

His wife's ambivalence, Loss of the personal

Question 2

Which poem centres around a single event?

Accepted Answer

Chainsaw vs The Pampas Grass

Question 3

Why do you think so many poems are based around memory?

Accepted Answer

Memories form the basis of our identities, The plethora of emotions which can be explored through it, Poets often explore universal themes to connect to us all

Question 4

What is Lammas?

Accepted Answer

A time of year, linked to pagan beliefs

Question 5

What is the significance of the allegorical poem 'Giuseppe'?

Accepted Answer

To reveal the horrors committed in the name of war, To reveal the hypocrisy of those in power

Question 6

Which poems use nature as a motif?

Accepted Answer

Eat Me, History

Question 7

Which poem explores masculinity?

Accepted Answer

Please Hold, From the Journal..., Giuseppe

Question 8

Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn explores the theme of...

Accepted Answer

Society's snobbery about subjects explored in the arts, The provenance of modern art, High and low art, Holding historical work in reverence

Question 9

Why does the poet include some humour in 'On Her Blindness'?

Accepted Answer

To break the discomfort and sadness - bathos, To make the reader feel uncomfortable at their amusement

Question 10

Why do you think 'To My Nine Year Self' ends with the narrator's younger self eating a scab?

Accepted Answer

To contrast honest children with self regulation in adults, To both disgust the reader and evoke nostalgia, To suggest how we live with less inhibitions as children

Poems of the Decade Revision

Questions 10

Poems of the Decade Revision

Questions 10