WWI Poetry II

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 War Poetry  

Discussing poetry of the first World War

War & Peace

Beowulf -  Anglo-Saxon Period

World War I Poets  

Anglo-Irish Conflict 

Periods of British Literature

Renaissance = also called 'Early Modern Period'

WW I Poets

Trenches

What were the pros and cons of the trench warfare of WWI?

www.theguardian.com

Form

Rhyme scheme

Meter

Rhyme

repetition of the terminal sounds of a word 

end rhyme: last words of two or more sentences rhyme

Rhyme scheme: 

Details end rhyme by using letters of the alphabet

Iambic pentameter

A metrical form in which most lines consist of five 'iambs', a unit of rhythm (a 'foot') in poetry, consisting of two syllables. The first one is unstressed, the second one stressed. 

One day / I wrote / her name/ upon / the strand

but came / the waves / and wash / ed it / away

Again / I wrote / it with / a se /cond hand

But came  / the tide / and made / my pains / his prey

Sonnet

A fixed verse form consisting of fourteen lines, usuallin in iambic pentameter.

English sonnet: four quatrains (= 4 lines) and a couplet (=2 lines)

Italian sonnet: octave (= 8 lines) and a sestet (6 lines).

Do

 Work on assignments 

www.bbc.co.uk

ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk

www.poetryfoundation.org

www.poetryfoundation.org

Strands

https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands

Wordle

https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html

Squaredle

https://squaredle.app/