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5. Anthem for Doomed Youth
Wilfred Owen
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5. Anthem for Doomed Youth
Wilfred Owen

Slide 1 - Slide

Before we start
Let's see what you remember from the previous poems

Slide 2 - Slide

Which of these poems did Wilfred Owen also write?
A
Dulce et Decorum Est
B
The Soldier
C
The Rear-guard

Slide 3 - Quiz

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





Most positive

Dulce Et Decorum Est
The Soldier

Slide 4 - Drag question

About the author
  • Wilfred Owen
  • 1893 - 1918
  • Dulce et Decorum Est

Slide 5 - Slide

Anthem for Doomed Youth is a Sonnet
A
YES
B
NO

Slide 6 - Quiz

Yes, it is a sonnet
A sonnet is a poem with 14 lines.

Slide 7 - Slide

Let's read the text together.

Slide 8 - Slide

Slide 9 - Video

What is the setting of the poem?

Slide 10 - Open question

Setting:
  • time: WWI
  • place: both at home and at the front (funerals)

Slide 11 - Slide

The first line of the poem contains a:
A
metaphor
B
simile
C
personification

Slide 12 - Quiz

Simile
Simile: a comparison using as or like
what passing-bells for these who die AS CATTLE?

Slide 13 - Slide

Which funeral rituals are mentioned in stanza 1?

Slide 14 - Mind map

Rituals:
passing-bells
orisons
prayers
bells
choirs

Slide 15 - Slide

Owen thinks these rituals are adequate forms of remembrance for the fallen soldiers
A
Yes
B
No

Slide 16 - Quiz

No
Owen thinks these rituals cannot cover the gravity of the young lives lost in the war

Slide 17 - Slide

Stanza 2:
What candles may be held to speed them all?
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Which rituals can we perform to give the soldiers a proper goodbye?

Slide 18 - Slide

"but in their eyes shall
shine the holy
glimmers of goodbyes"
What does this mean?

Slide 19 - Mind map

Possible answers:
tears of the soldiers in their eyes
the dying light of life in their eyes

Slide 20 - Slide