The Tollund Man (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Year 'The Tollund Man' published & collection name
Year 'The Tollund Man' published & collection name
1972, 'Wintering Out'
Year Tollund Man body discovered
Year Tollund Man body discovered
1950
Time period Tollund Man lived
Time period Tollund Man lived
4th century BCE
Where Tollund Man found (country & terrain)
Where Tollund Man found (country & terrain)
Peat bog, Jutland Peninsula, Denmark
Tollund Man's cause of death
Tollund Man's cause of death
Strangulation (ritual human sacrifice)
Poem's structure (number of parts)
Poem's structure (number of parts)
Three-part structure
City speaker plans to visit to see Tollund Man
City speaker plans to visit to see Tollund Man
Aarhus, Denmark
What the bog is personified as in the poem
What the bog is personified as in the poem
A goddess
Speaker's predicted feeling in Jutland (final lines)
Speaker's predicted feeling in Jutland (final lines)
Unhappy and at home
Time period of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
Time period of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
Late 1960s through 1990s