5. Anthem for Doomed Youth

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Wilfred Owen
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5. Anthem for Doomed Youth
Wilfred Owen

Slide 1 - Diapositive

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

Slide 2 - Diapositive

Which of these poems did Wilfred Owen also write?
A
Dulce et Decorum Est
B
The Soldier
C
In Flanders Fields

Slide 3 - Quiz

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





Most positive

Dulce Et Decorum Est
In Flanders' Fields
The Soldier

Slide 4 - Question de remorquage

The poppies in In Flanders Fields are a symbol for:

Slide 5 - Question ouverte

Which sentence(s) in In Flanders Fields tell the reader to stand up against the enemy?

Slide 6 - Question ouverte


Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw

    The torch; be yours to hold it high.
    If ye break faith with us who die

Slide 7 - Diapositive

So, In Flanders Fields talks about death, but also about taking up the fight in honour of the dead
Let's move on to the next poem
Anthem for Doomed Youth

Slide 8 - Diapositive

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

Slide 9 - Diapositive

Anthem for Doomed Youth is a Sonnet
A
YES
B
NO

Slide 10 - Quiz

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

Slide 11 - Diapositive

Let's read the text together.

Slide 12 - Diapositive

Slide 13 - Vidéo

What is the setting of the poem?

Slide 14 - Question ouverte

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

Slide 15 - Diapositive

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

Slide 16 - Quiz

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

Slide 17 - Diapositive

Discuss together: what are soldiers compared to in the first line? 

Slide 18 - Diapositive

Which funeral rituals are mentioned in stanza 1?

Slide 19 - Carte mentale

Rituals:
passing-bells
orisons
prayers
bells
choirs

Slide 20 - Diapositive

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

Slide 21 - Quiz

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

Slide 22 - Diapositive

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 23 - Diapositive

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

Slide 24 - Carte mentale

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

Slide 25 - Diapositive

Last few lines:
 “pallor of girls’ brows,” the “tenderness of patient minds,” and the “drawing-down of blinds” each day. 
Each of these, Owen suggests, is a more honest form of tribute.

Slide 26 - Diapositive

I can analyse this poem myself.
YES
NO

Slide 27 - Sondage