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Loss and absence
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What do people experience when they are separated from someone or something they love?
Loss
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What can an absence of hope lead to?
Negativity
and despair
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What can conflict cause in terms of loss?
Loss of
people
or places
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In the poem "Poppies," how does the mother feel when her son leaves to join the army?
She feels like she has
lost
him
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What does the mother in "Poppies" do to express her loss?
She leans against the war memorial and mentions
Armistice Sunday
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How does the mother in "Poppies" attempt to connect with her son after his departure?
By tracing the inscription on the
war memorial
and listening for his voice
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What does the phrase "There once was a country..." signify in "The Emigrée"?
It frames the poem with a sense of loss for the
speaker's
homeland
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How does the speaker in "The Emigrée" view her former city?
With a
positive
, idealised impression of
sunlight
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What does the title "Emigrée" imply about the speaker's situation?
That she was forced to leave her
homeland
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In "Kamikaze," what choice does the pilot make regarding the war?
He chooses to
avoid
dying
in the war
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How does the family react to the pilot's choice in "Kamikaze"?
They treat him as though he
no longer existed
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What does the daughter's statement about her father in "Kamikaze" reveal?
It hints at the emotional pain caused by his
loss
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What is the overall tone of the poem "London"?
There is an
absence
of anything positive
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What does the phrase "the chartered Thames" in "London" imply?
It refers to the
absence
of freedom
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What does the final image of the "marriage hearse" in "London" suggest?
That the cycle of suffering will
continue
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How do the men in "Exposure" feel about their situation?
They have no hope of things
improving
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What does the line "We only know war" in "Exposure" convey?
That their lives are filled with
misery
and
suffering
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How does thinking about home affect the men in "Exposure"?
It
does
not
provide
any
hope
for
them
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What is a common theme in the cluster of poems discussed?
Loss of life
Emotional and physical separation
Impact of
conflict
on individuals and families
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What phrase is repeated in "Charge of the Light Brigade" to emphasize loss of life?
"The
six hundred
"
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How does the Duke in "My Last Duchess" feel about loss?
He doesn’t
seem
to feel
loss
despite his
wife's
death
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What is the significance of the themes of loss and absence in the discussed poems?
They highlight the emotional impact of
separation
and
conflict
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