Recap -Poetry of the Great War

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 6

Re-cap Poetry of the great war

RECAP  OF

 Dulce et Decorum Est, The Soldier and In Flanders' Fields all talk about fields. Try to explain the difference between them.

Discuss in pairs or groups of three.

7. Difficult? Try the following

Dulce et Decorum Est

The Soldier

In Flanders' Fields

Battlefield, battle is still taking place.

Battlefield, battle has already ended

(make-shift) graveyard

8. Rank the poems from most negative to most positive.

Most negative

Most positive

Dulce Et Decorum Est

Does It Matter?

In Flanders' Fields

The Soldier

Explanation

#	Poem	Reason(s)
1	Dulce et Decorum Est	Negative message towards war Graphic language and scenes
2	Does It Matter?	Negative message towards war No graphic language, but after effects of war are negative
3	In Flander's Fields	Neutral message: They talk about dead soldiers, but also hope
4	The Soldier	Positive message towards war

In Introduction and Background information find the events that relate to the following dates:

• 58%
• 11th November 1918 
• 20,000
• 16
• 65 million
• 28th of July 1914

KEY

• 58%   - number of casualties of all mobilised men
• 11th November 1918 - Armistice Day
• 20,000 - men were killed during the 1st day of the Battle of the Somme
• 16 - some soldiers' age 
• 65 million - men were mobilised
• 28th of July 1914 - Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia

Find the answers

1. In which poem can you find alliteration? Give the title and examples 
2. Give the definition of onomatopeia and examples from one poem.
3. What is elegy and which poem meets the discription?
4. 'The Soldier' is a sonnet; what is a sonnet? 

KEY

1. "In Flanders Fields"- Flanders fields, row on row, saw sunset
2. The term used to describe words that resemble the sounds they make. fumbling, stumbling, gargling
3. A poem or work that reflects on death. 'Futility'
4. A specific form of poem which consists of set rhyme scheme. This rhyme scheme varies depending on the type of sonnet. The most common sonnet types are Shakespearean and Petrarchan. 

Make a timeline using the titles of the 7 poems

  1914                ________________                1918

EXIT TICKET

In ypur notebooks write down the definition of OXYMORON  and show it to me.