Recap -Poetry of the Great War

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Re-cap Poetry of the great war
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Slide 1 - Diapositive

 Dulce et Decorum Est, The Soldier and In Flanders' Fields all talk about fields. Try to explain the difference between them.





Discuss in pairs or groups of three.
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Slide 2 - Diapositive

7. Difficult? Try the following
Dulce et Decorum Est


The Soldier


In Flanders' Fields
Battlefield, battle is still taking place.
Battlefield, battle has already ended
(make-shift) graveyard

Slide 3 - Question de remorquage

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





Most positive

Dulce Et Decorum Est
Does It Matter?
In Flanders' Fields
The Soldier

Slide 4 - Question de remorquage

Explanation
#
Poem
Reason(s)
1
Dulce et Decorum Est
Negative message towards war
Graphic language and scenes
2
Does It Matter?
Negative message towards war
No graphic language, but after effects of war are negative
3
In Flander's Fields
Neutral message: 
They talk about dead soldiers, but also hope
4
The Soldier
Positive message towards war

Slide 5 - Diapositive

In Introduction and Background information find the events that relate to the following dates:
  • 58%
  • 11th November 1918 
  • 20,000
  • 16
  • 65 million
  • 28th of July 1914
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Slide 6 - Diapositive

KEY
  • 58%   - number of casualties of all mobilised men
  • 11th November 1918 - Armistice Day
  • 20,000 - men were killed during the 1st day of the Battle of the Somme
  • 16 - some soldiers' age 
  • 65 million - men were mobilised
  • 28th of July 1914 - Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia

Slide 7 - Diapositive

Find the answers
  1. In which poem can you find alliteration? Give the title and examples 
  2. Give the definition of onomatopeia and examples from one poem.
  3. What is elegy and which poem meets the discription?
  4. 'The Soldier' is a sonnet; what is a sonnet? 
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Slide 8 - Diapositive

KEY
  1. "In Flanders Fields"- Flanders fields, row on row, saw sunset
  2. The term used to describe words that resemble the sounds they make. fumbling, stumbling, gargling
  3. A poem or work that reflects on death. 'Futility'
  4. A specific form of poem which consists of set rhyme scheme. This rhyme scheme varies depending on the type of sonnet. The most common sonnet types are Shakespearean and Petrarchan. 

Slide 9 - Diapositive

Make a timeline using the titles of the 7 poems


  1914                ________________                1918
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Slide 10 - Diapositive

EXIT TICKET
In ypur notebooks write down the definition of OXYMORON  and show it to me.

Slide 11 - Diapositive