WW1 poetry lesson 5

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WW1 Poetry - PRE-IB 2020

Does it matter?

Reflect on the homework:

• Injuries
• Sarcasm
• Which verse?
• Attack on...

Medical case sheet

1. What injuries did Sassoon suffer during the war?
2. How did he end up at Craiglockhart war hospital? 
3. What is concluded by his doctor?
4. What has influenced his view on war according to the report?
5. What is said about his poetry?

Wilfred Owen

18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918

English poet and soldier

was caught in the blast of a trench mortar shell and spent several days unconscious. 

Owen was diagnosed with shell shock

His war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was much influenced by his mentor Siegfried Sassoon.

The ballad of peace and war

Read the poem yourself (in silence).

Pay extra attention to the tone & mood.

Futility (1917)

Read the poem yourself (in silence).

Pay extra attention to the tone & mood.

• Compare this to 'the ballad of peace and war' (1914)
• What changed in Owen's attitude?
• Which do you prefer and why?

How to Analyze a Poem in 6 Steps

Step 1: Read the poem once to yourself and then aloud, all the way through, at LEAST twice. 

Step 2: Think about the title and how it relates to the poem.

Step 3: Understanding the speaker at the centre of a poem may help the piece appear more tangible.

Step 4: Address the attitude or mood the poem is attempting to convey.

Step 5: Read line-by-line and 'translate' into your own words. 

Step 6: Last but not least, it's time to get to the core of what the poem is about by identifying its theme. 

https://www.teachforamerica.org/stories

WW1 Poetry Workshop

Phileas Fogg theatre company

Thursday December 10th - 13.45 h

Followed by a final assignment on the topic

@Schouwburg

Homework for Monday

Finish analyzing the poem 'futility'

+ answer the questions on page 21 of the reader.