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28 Cards in this Set
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The Chimney Sweeper--William Blake
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Boy narrates about how his mother died when he was young and his father sold him when he was young; Tom Dacre
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The Tyger--William Blake
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Narrator asking the Tiger questions about existence
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The Garden of Love--William Blake
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Narrator goes to the Garden of Love; Gates were locked; flowers were replaced by graves
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London--William Blake
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Narrator speaks of wandering through the city; points out the sorrows of people
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Ozymandias--Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Speaker recalls having met a traveler "from an antique land," who told him a story about the ruins of a statue in the desert of his native country. Two vast legs of stone stand without a body, and near them a massive, crumbling stone head lies "half sunk" in the sand. The traveler told the speaker that the frown and "sneer of cold command" on the statue's face indicate that the sculptor understood well the passions of the statue's subject, a man who sneered with contempt for those weaker than himself, yet fed his people because of something in his heart
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Constantly Risking Absurdity--Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Acrobat metaphor; written like decending steps
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To Be the Verse--Philip Larkin
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Mum and Dad poem; talks about how they fucked up and fuck you up; message to not have kids
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A Study of Reading Habits--Philip Larkin
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Books saved him as a child; his right hook saves him later; final line: books are a load of crap
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Advice to My Son--Peter Meinke
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A list of recommendations on life for his son; always enjoy life
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The True Story of Snow White--Bruce Bennett
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Darker side of the fairy tale; very recognizable
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Our Room--Molly Peacock
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Teacher talking about her alcoholic father to her students; classroom becomes lonely when talking about our homes
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Plus C'est la Mem Chose--Katherine McAlpine
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Translated to: The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same; Lines Written upon Chaperoning the Seventh Grade Dance; girls are dressed up loooking like women; boys go to ask them to dance but they're in the bathroom
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Hazel Tells LaVerne--Katharyn Howd Machan
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Negro language; frog comes out of the toilet and speaks of becoming a princess and ball; flushes him down after asking for a kiss
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My Wicked Wicked Ways--Sandra Cisneros
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Narrator is looking at a photograph of her as a child with her mother and father; speaks of a woman not there, doesn't come til later; she will turn out bad
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Daddy--Sylvia Plath
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Nazi father
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There Is a Girl Inside--Lucille Clifton
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Randy girl inside of an old woman; green tree metaphors
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Sonnet--Billy Collins
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Poem written about how sonnets are made; don't focus too much on them
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Oranges--Gary Soto
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Story of little boy walking with a girl; pays with an orange for her candy; Gave her the candy at the doorstep and peeled his other orange
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Musee des Baux Arts--W.H. Auden
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Poem about Pieter Brueghel's painting "Icarus"
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In Goya's Greatest Scenes--Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Poem about Francisco de Goya's painting "The Third of May, 1808, Madrid"
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The Starry Night--Anne Sexton
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Poem about Vincent van Gogh's painting "The Starry Night"
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To His Coy Mistress--Andrew Marvell
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If we had enough time, I'd adore every part of your body for ages; but we dont, so lets get it on before its too late
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nobody loses all the time--e e cummings
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Gramatical errors; story of his uncle sol and his quest to start animal farms
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A Semi-Revolution--Robert Frost
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Narrator advocates revolution; but not full, because the result is the same as the problem
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After Apple-Picking--Robert Frost
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Long poem; narrator talks about what he is doing when he is done picking apples
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Nothing Gold Can Stay--Robert Frost
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Goldness doesn't last
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening--Robert Frost
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Man on his horse stops between a frozen lake and the woods; narrator has to go on before he dies
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Design--Robert Frost
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Narrator finds a spider and its prey?
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