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Let Me Die A Young Man's Death - Roger McGough
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Engels
Middelbare school
havo
Leerjaar 5
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Lesson duration is:
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Content
What does it mean?
Slide 2 - Slide
What type of death does the poet mock in stanza 1?
A
death by murder
B
accidental death
C
unexplained death
D
ordinary death
Slide 3 - Quiz
What does he sneer at with the words "holywater death"?
Slide 4 - Open question
Explain the pun (=woordgrap) in line 7.
Slide 5 - Open question
What does the red sports car symbolise?
Slide 6 - Open question
"Short back and sides" is a haircut. Can you explain the pun in l. 17?
Slide 7 - Open question
What does the poet hint at with "every piece but one" in l. 24?
Slide 8 - Open question
What are the similarities between stanza 1 and 5?
Slide 9 - Open question
Would you call this a 'carpe diem' poem? Why (not)?
Slide 10 - Open question
Compare Raymond Carver's poem 'Shiftless' to this poem.
Slide 11 - Open question
Structure & Form
Can you use the literary terms?
Slide 12 - Slide
What is the metre?
A
anapestic dimeter
B
free verse
C
iambic trimeter
D
trochaic trimeter
Slide 13 - Quiz
Give an example of repetition.
Slide 14 - Open question
Give an example of enjambement (line numbers)
Slide 15 - Open question
Give an example of alliteration.
Slide 16 - Open question
Give an example of assonance.
Slide 17 - Open question
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