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16 Cards in this Set
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The Soldier
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World War I
-Brooke... died of blood poisening before he saw much of the trenches or war -patriotic -poem is split into 2 parts, covering his body and his spirit -"earth" was where a soldier was buried under foreign soil, so a part of england resides there -talking about his heart -"rich earth of a richer dust concealed; dust whom England bore" |
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Flanders Fields-McCrae
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World War I
-McCrae... military doctor from Canada, died of pneumonia later -patriotic, encouraging people to englist... about their gravesite... poppies everywhere -famous last verse??? -symbolic poppies growing |
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Rear Guard
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World War I
-Sassoon... first who wrote about the "reality" of war -about a soldier who encounters a dead body in the trenches on his way to headquarters |
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Dulce et Decorum Est
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World War I
-Owen... officer who died in combat just days before the war ended -about the gas attack -encouraged young people to crave the glory of death on the field "it is sweet and honorable" |
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Break of Day in the Trenches
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World War I
-Rosenberg -poet is talking to a rat who has the freedom to move from side to side -close to "christmas in the trenches" played in class -the enemy is the people who send the boys to the war (English & German), not the people on the other side -poppies red like blood; soldier puts one behind his ear -idea that men are slaves and have no choice -Gabriel |
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Lamplight
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World War I
-Cannan... woman who viewed going to war as something done by men and women, nurse, and spy who survived the war -felt that sacrifice of the young men should not be rejected |
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Second Coming-Yeats
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World War I
-1919 -poem is about a picture of a monster moving across a desert -written due to devastation and political/social changes because of the war -apocalyptic, about the end of the world and a "new world" that's to be born |
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The Waste Land
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World War I
-1919 Book 1: -fragmented state of the world -memories of old broken loves -mythological question if corpse will sprout--indicating good return for war deaths -basically if Europe will become a good world again -tarot cards used to predict future -set in a city, cosmopolitan and energetic... not this one Book 2 -showing what's wrong with married love -conversations between a husband and wife, she yells, he says nothing -upper and lower class marriages being discussed by gossop Book 3 -lust -why human love isn't likely to bring about a new world by means of ritual Book 4 -failued ritual by water Book 5 -quest to Grail Chapel -thunder says "Give, Sympathize, Control" |
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The Dead
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Irish Revolution
-1904-1914 -about pre-revolution Ireland -Gabriel; educated, has more love for England than Ireland -dinner party; Mrs. Ivers and others wish for him to be more "Irish" -wife is upset at the end of the night because an Irish song her ex used to sing was played, he died shortly after he left her |
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No Second Troy
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Irish Revolution
-1908 -about Maud Gonne; a love of Yeats', and an Irish revolutionary -compared to Helen of Troy -involved in raising the population to war |
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Proclamation of the Irish Republic
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Irish Revolution
-1916 -the Declaration of Independence for Ireland -note that women got the vote before England and America |
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Easter 1916
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Irish Revolution
-about men who were executed -"a terrible beauty is born" and "stone" -yeats debating if it was right for the men to throw away their lives for change... or if it would be better for them to be "stone" emotionally for change to happen |
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The Soldier's Song
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Irish Revolution
-Kearney -popularized during the uprising -became national anthem of Eire (Republic of Ireland) |
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Letters from Kilmainham Prison
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Irish Revolution
-Pearse -written just before his execution as leader of the rebellion -attempt to save his followers |
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Evacuation of Dunkirk Speech
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World War II
-May-June 1940 -Churchill -british and french army trapped around Dunkirk Beach -left all equipment but got everyone back to England -"we will fight them on the beaches"... famous last line |
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Battle of Britain (no selection)
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World War II
-July 10-Oct 31, 1940 -air war by German bombers -heavy bombing of London; strike against public morale and possibly clearing for ground attacks |
