War poetry

• Engels
• Secundair onderwijs

Which poem do you like best?

In Flanders Fields

They

Dulce et Decorum Est

To whom is the poem adressed?

What is the message?

Author adresses fellow soldiers

Message: keep fighting or it will all have been for nothing (the death of the others will have been in vain)

What is the message from the bishop?

What is the message from the soldiers?

Fighting for your country is honorable

Not the same: trauma from the war

What is happening?

What is happening?

War scène

Soldiers are marching back to a 'safe' place

There is a gas attack and someone dies

Adresses reader as friend

It is sweet and honourable to die for one's country