War poetry - In Flanders Fields

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• Secundair onderwijs

WAR POETRY

1. In Flanders Fields

2. Dulce et decorum est

trench life
experience

This poem sounded ... to me

sad

cheerful

mournful (rouwend)

solemn (plechtig)

idyllic (lieflijk)

combative (strijdlustig)

tense (gespannen)

ominous (onheilspellend)

Instruction group work 15'

• check your group (next slide)
• course news: direct link to
  - poem (textbook p. 51)
  - questions 
• group work will be facilitated in virtual chatroom - link in course news, password: Schryvers2021.

Step 1

'our place'?

'bravely singing'?

'poppies'? (more info with step 5)

Who are 'we'?

1. dead soldiers
2. living soldiers
3. people outside the war
4. the enemy

Step 2

contrast:

SHORT DAYS AGO

vs.

NOW

short days ago: 3 actions... why?

Step 3 - Who can 'you' be?
(multiple answers)

1. dead soldiers
2. living soldiers
3. people outside the war
4. the enemy

Step 3 - Why are the soldiers' hands 'failing'?

Step 3 - the dead soldiers 'throw the torch', what do they mean?

Step 4

imperative: 

"Take up our quarrel with the foe"...

--> quarrel
--> foe

Is this

poem

war

propaganda?

Step 5

"We shall not sleep"

?

the symbol of the poppies...

enemy

fight / argument

red and black flower

not succeed

light/flashlight

fail

torch

foe

poppy

quarrel

The mood of this poem is ... to me.

sad

cheerful

mournful (rouwend)

solemn (plechtig)

idyllic (lieflijk)

combative (strijdlustig)

tense (gespannen)

ominous (onheilspellend)