Year 4 shakespeare / war poetry

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

4C

21st of December 

War Poetry

(First World War)

After today's lesson you will be able to: 

• Understand the context of War Poetry
•  Understand why poets wrote in different perspectives about the war 
• Analyse a war poem and identify poetic devices

WAR POETRY

Think:

Why would soldiers write poems?

What was life like in the trenches?

Why do you think
soldiers wrote poems?

The Soldier - Rupert Brooke

1. Read about the poet Rupert Brooke pg 16

2. Re-read the poem pg 17

3. Try to work out the literal meaning line by line

4. Can you identify a structure?

5. Does the poem rhyme? How?

6. Identify any poetic devices. What is the effect of these devices?

Wilfred Owen: Dulce et decorum est

1. Read about the poet William Owen and read the poem.

2. Work out the literal meaning line by line. What is the tone?

3. What does the title / last line mean? 

4. Can you identify a structure?

5. Does the poem rhyme? How?

6. Identify any poetic devices. What is the effect of these devices?

Which poem do you prefer?

Rupert Brooke: The Soldier

Wilfred Owen: Dulce et Decorum Est

Today you learned to:

• Understand the context of War Poetry
•  Understand why poets wrote in different perspectives about the war 
• Analyse a war poem and identify poetic devices