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Welsh meaning of 'ysgyrid'
Welsh meaning of 'ysgyrid'
Divorce or separation
Number of poems in Skirrid Hill
Number of poems in Skirrid Hill
47
Owen Sheers' birth year
Owen Sheers' birth year
1974
Hiraeth meaning
Hiraeth meaning
Welsh concept of deep longing or homesickness
Blue Books of 1847
Blue Books of 1847
Reports criticising Welsh culture & enforcing English education
Predominant poetic structure used
Predominant poetic structure used
Free verse
Award won for Skirrid Hill
Award won for Skirrid Hill
Somerset Maugham Award
Publication year of Skirrid Hill
Publication year of Skirrid Hill
2005
Twin poems at collection's centre
Twin poems at collection's centre
Y Gaer / The Hill Fort
How Sheers describes bodies
How Sheers describes bodies
'Valleyed' terrains - merging human & natural through metaphor