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| Question | Answer |
| The Manhunt (Laura's Poem) By Simon Armitage | A wife's search for her husband after he comes back from war injured. A search to find their old relationship and his true self. At first his wounds are deep and negative and then a more gentle side comes across. Laura starts to empathise with his pain 'feel the hurt'. Final line ambiguity - she became close to her husband again? or she came close to understanding his pain? |
| Born Yesterday By Philip Larkin | Wishing for child to be 'nothing special' and that in fact she will be more happy that way. Two main stanzas & no rhyming pattern. Compare with: Brothers, and Nettles. |
| Brothers By Andrew Forster | Poem describing an event in childhood which broke brothers relationship. Poem acts as an apology by the end - a regret. Free verse: reads more like a real conversation - backs up child like style - more authentic and real. |
| Ghazal By Mimi Khalvati - Born 1944 in Iran | Unrequited Love - draws on a hypothetical relationship. It has two interpretations - one directed to a lover and one directed to God. A Ghazal is a traditional type of poem form Iran. Rhyme scheme is: AA BA CA |
| Harmonium By Simon Armitage | Like, Brothers, poem tells of event in poet's childhood with a lasting affect - voices of the dead live on in us. Armitage and father go to pick up harmonium and father makes small joke which hits Armitage hard. Rhyming couplet at end - thoughts come together then. |
| Hour By Carol Ann Duffy | Lighter love poem interpretation and a darker side beneath surface. Love is a beggar for time. Every financial term used represents TIME not money. Rumplestiltskin reference throughout. Is it an affair? In denial? In poverty? similar to Ghazal - two interpretations. |
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