Let Me Die A Young Man's Death - Roger McGough

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Slide 1 - Slide

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