V4 Poetry project Anthem for doomed Youth W. Owen

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Poetry: Anthem for Doomed Youth 

Goals: 

- study literary terms (devices)

-identify these in poetry

- write about movie

- apply grammar units 9 en 10

Write opinion on movie: use 1 adverb, 1 adjective, 1 phrasal verb (20 words)

Mention 3 literary terms

What is an Anthem?

1. war song
2. hymn for church
3. lament for the dead

Submit: alliteration, assonance and similes

Give example of imagery

The poem, page 20

1. What does the title mean?

2. Why are there many strong phonemes? (plosives: p,t,k)

3. What is a ritual, which ritual is the poem about?

Poem: sonnet

1. Petrachan

- octave (8 lines) and

sestet (6 lines)

- rhyme scheme:

abbaabba/cde(c)

2. Shakespearean

- 3 stanzas of 4 lines and 1 stanza 2 lines

-rhyme scheme:abab/cdcd/efef/gg

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

Wrap up

Homework:

- Write your review (watch movie)

- do assignments pages 20, 21

-study pages 7-17