August 6, 1945

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11×7 and 11y8 have completed the first lesson looking at August 6, 1945.

Powerpoint can be downloaded here:

L4 August 6 1945

How did we feel about the poem? First reactions to the ideas of the poem?

What has Marilyn Monroe got to do with it?

Key Questions to think about:

1. Why is nature and natural imagery used so much within the poem?
2. What and where is the main contrast in ideas, viewpoint and imagery?
3. How does the poet feel at the time compared to later on in his life?
4. How does this poem compare to ‘Base Details’?

“Apricot Ice”

Rebutia (Aylostera) Hybrids ‘Apricot Ice’

 Later he will say
that the whole blooming sky
went up like an apricot ice.

In the poem, ‘August 6, 1945’ the cryptic quote ‘apricot ice’ could mean several things. This picture above – found by Mrs Cannon – shows a wonderfully visual aspect to the phrase. The catcus itself has the following description: “Soft spines, flower colour changes from orange to a beautiful apricot shade, flowering over many weeks”.

Answer in the comment box, how could this relate to the image of the atomic bomb and what it produces? The best comment will win a small prize in class next week.