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Disabled, Wilfred Owen Poem Analysis/Annotations
Disabled, Wilfred Owen I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS He sat in a wheeled…
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In a London Drawing Room, George Eliot Poem Analysis/Annotations
In a London Drawing Room, George Eliot I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS The…
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Shall earth no more inspire thee, Emily Brontë Poem Analysis/Annotations
Shall earth no more inspire thee, Emily Brontë I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS…
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England in 1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley Poem Analysis/Annotations
England in 1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS An old,…
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Lines Written in Early Spring, William Wordsworth Poem Analysis/Annotations
Lines Written in Early Spring, William Wordsworth I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS I…
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Kamikaze, Beatrice Garland Poem Analysis/Annotations
Kamikaze, Beatrice Garland I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Her father embarked at sunrise …
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Checking Out Me History, John Agard Poem Analysis/Annotations
Checking Out Me History, John Agard I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Dem tell…
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The Emigrée, Carol Rumens Poem Analysis
The Emigrée, Carol Rumens I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS There once was a…
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Tissue, Imtiaz Dharker Poem Analysis/Annotations
Tissue, Imtiaz Dharker I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Paper that lets the light…
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Remains, Simon Armitage Poem Analysis/Annotations
Remains, Simon Armitage I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS On another occasion, we got…
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War Photographer, Carol Ann Duffy Poem Analysis/Annotations
War Photographer, Carol Ann Duffy I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS In his dark…
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Singh Song!, Daljit Nagra Poem Analysis/Annotations
Singh Song!, Daljit Nagra I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS I run just one…
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Bayonet Charge, Ted Hughes Poem Analysis/Annotations
Bayonet Charge, Ted Hughes I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Suddenly he awoke and…
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Storm on the Island, Seamus Heaney Poem Analysis/Annotations
Storm on the Island, Seamus Heaney I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS We are…
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Ozymandias, Percy Bysshe Shelley Poem Analysis/Annotations
Ozymandias, Pery Bysshe Shelley I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS I met a traveller…
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Climbing My Grandfather, Andrew Waterhouse Poem Analysis/Annotations
Climbing My Grandfather, Andrew Waterhouse I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS I decide to…
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Winter Swans, Owen Sheers Poem Analysis/Annotations
Winter Swans, Owen Sheers I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS The clouds had given…
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Before You Were Mine, Carol Ann Duffy Poem Analysis/Annotations
Before You Were Mine, Carol Ann Duffy I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS I’m…
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Mother, Any Distance, Simon Armitage Poem Analysis/Annotations
Mother, Any Distance, Simon Armitage I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Mother, any distance…
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Follower, Seamus Heaney Poem Analysis/Annotations
Follower, Seamus Heaney I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS My father worked with a…
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Eden Rock, Charles Causley Poem Analysis/Annotations
Eden Rock, Charles Causley I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS They are waiting for…
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Walking Away, C. Day-Lewis Poem Analysis/Annotations
Walking Away, C. Day-Lewis I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS It is eighteen years…
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The Farmer’s Bride, Charlotte Mew Poem Analysis/Annotations
The Farmer's Bride, Charlotte Mew I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Three summers…
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Letters From Yorkshire, Maura Dooley Poem Analysis/Annotations
Letters From Yorkshire, Maura Dooley I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS In February, digging…
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Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’, Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poem Analysis/Annotations
Sonnet 29 - 'I think of thee!', Elizabeth Barrett Browning I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR…
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Porphyria’s Lover, Robert Browning Poem Analysis/Annotations
Porphyria's Lover, Robert Browning I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS The rain set early…
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Love’s Philosophy, Percy Bysshe Shelley Poem Analysis/Annotations
Love's Philosophy, Percy Bysshe Shelley I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS The fountains mingle…
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When We Two Parted, Lord Byron Poem Analysis/Annotations
When We Two Parted, Lord Byron I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS When we…
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Absence, Elizabeth Jennings Poem Analysis/Annotations
Absence, Elizabeth Jennings I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS I visited the place where…
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Stewart Island, Fleur Adcock Poem Analysis/Annotations
Stewart Island, Fleur Adcock I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS ‘But look at all…
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First Flight, U.A. Fanthorpe Poem Analysis/Annotations
First Flight, U.A. Fanthorpe I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Plane moves. I don’t…
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Home-Thoughts, from Abroad, Robert Browning Poem Analysis/Annotations
Home-Thoughts, From Abroad, Robert Browning I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Oh, to be…
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Adlestrop, Edward Thomas Poem Analysis/Annotations
Adlestrop, Edward Thomas I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Yes. I remember Adlestrop—The name,…
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Where the Picnic Was, Thomas Hardy Poem Analysis/Annotations
Where the Picnic Was, Thomas Hardy I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Where we…
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I started Early – Took my Dog -, Emily Dickinson Poem Analysis/Annotations
I Started Early - Took my Dog -, Emily Dickinson I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR…
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London, William Blake Poem Analysis/Annotations
London, William Blake I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS I wander thro' each charter'd…
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Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802, William Wordsworth Poem Summary, Context, Analysis
Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802, William Wordsworth I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE…
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To Autumn, John Keats Poem Summary, Context, Analysis
To Autumn, John Keats I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Season of mists and…
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What Were They Like, Denise Levertov Poem Summary, Context, Analysis
What Were They Like, Denise Levertov I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Did the…
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No Problem, Benjamin Zephaniah Poem Summary, Context, Analysis
No Problem, Benjamin Zephaniah I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS I am not de…
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The Class Game, Marey Casey Poem Summary, Context, Analysis
The Class Game, Marey Casey I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS How can you…
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Catrin, Gillian Clarke Poem Summary, Context, Analysis
Catrin, Gillian Clarke I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS I can remember you, child,As…
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Half-Caste, John Agard Poem Analysis/Annotations
Half-Caste, John Agard I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Excuse mestanding on one legI'm…
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The Charge of the Light Brigade, Alfred Lord Tennyson Poem Analysis/Annotations
The Charge of the Light Brigade, Alfred Lord Tennyson I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR SUMMARY…
Read More Exposure, Wilfred Owen Poem Analysis/Annotations
Exposure, Wilfred Owen I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Our brains ache, in the…
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Poppies, Jane Weir Poem Analysis/Annotations
Poppies, Jane Weir I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Three days before Armistice Sundayand…
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Belfast Confetti, Ciaran Carson Poem Analysis/Annotations
Belfast Confetti, Ciaran Carson I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Suddenly as the riot…
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War Photographer, Carole Satyamurti Poem Analysis/Annotations
War Photographer, Carole Satyamurti I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Grand-dad, they say you’re…
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Cousin Kate, Christina Rossetti Poem Analysis/Annotations
Cousin Kate, Christina Rossetti I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS I was a cottage…
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The Man He Killed, Thomas Hardy Poem Analysis/Annotations
The Man He Killed, Thomas Hardy I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS "Had he…
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Extract from The Prelude ‘Boating’, William Wordsworth Poem Analysis/Annotations
Extract From The Prelude 'Boating', William Wordsworth I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS She…
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The Destruction of Sennacherib, Lord Byron Poem Analysis/Annotations
The Destruction of Sennacherib, Lord Byron I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Like…
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A Poison Tree, William Blake Poem Analysis/Annotations
A Poison Tree, William Blake I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS I was angry…
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My Father Would Not Show Us, Ingrid de Kok Poem Analysis/Annotations
My Father Would Not Show Us, Ingrid de Kok I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE…
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The Manhunt (Laura’s Poem), Simon Armitage Poem Analysis/Annotations
The Manhunt (Laura's Poem), Simon Armitage I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS After the…
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Nettles, Vernon Scannell Poem Analysis/Annotations
Nettles, Vernon Scannell I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS My son aged three fell…
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Love’s Dog, Jen Hatfield Poem Analysis/Annotations
Love's Dog, Jen Hatfield I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS What I love about…
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I Wanna Be Yours, John Cooper Clark Poem Analysis/Annotations
I Wanna Be Yours, John Cooper Clark I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS I…
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One Flesh, Elizabeth Jennings Poem Analysis/Annotations
One Flesh, Elizabeth Jennings I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Lying apart now, each…
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Valentine, Carol Ann Duffy Poem Analysis/Annotations
Valentine, Carol Ann Duffy I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS Not a red rose…
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1st Date – She & 1st Date – He, Wendy Cope Poem Analysis/Annotations
1st Date – She & 1st Date – He, Wendy Cope I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN…
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How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43), Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poem Analysis/Annotations
How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43), Elizabeth Barrett Browning I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR…
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My Last Duchess, Robert Browning Poem Analysis/Annotations
My Last Duchess, Robert Browning I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS That’s my last…
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Neutral Tones, Thomas Hardy Poem Analysis/Annotations
Neutral Tones, Thomas Hardy I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS We stood by a…
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A Complaint, William Wordsworth Poem Analysis/Annotations
A Complaint, William Wordsworth I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS There is a change—and…
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She Walks in Beauty, Lord Byron Poem Analysis/Annotations
She Walks in Beauty, Lord Byron I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS She walks…
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A Child to his Sick Grandfather, Joanna Baillie Poem Analysis/Annotations
A Child to his Sick Grandfather, Joanna Baillie I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS…
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“La Belle Dame sans Merci”, John Keats Poem Analysis/Annotations
La Belle Dame sans Merci, Jon Keats I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS O…
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My Parents, Stephen Spender Poem Analysis/Annotations
My Parents, Stephen Spender I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE ANALYSIS My parents kept me…
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Because I Could Not Stop For Death, Emily Dickinson Poem Analysis/Annotations
Because I Could Not Stop For Death, Emily Dickinson I MORE POETRY ANALYSIS FULL POEM - SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-BY-LINE…
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