Anthem for Doomed Youth

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Anthem for Doomed Youth

Lesson objectives

After this lesson you are able to...

1. Explain what the poem is about
   
2. Link the content of the poem to the themes present in the poem (war, religion, death)
   
3. Analyse the form of the poem
   
4. Indicate the rhyme scheme of the poem
   
5. Indicate alliterations in the poem
   
6. Produce their own poem
   

Explain what the poem is about after listening to it

WAR

RELIGION 

DEATH 

The monstrous anger of the guns 

Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.

No prayers nor bells

What candles may be held to speed them all?

Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs

Form

Can you find any other alliterations in the poem?

Write a sonnet in groups of 3. Start with a rhetorical question which you answer in the rest of your poem (like in the poem we analysed). Use at least one alliteration and use the rhyme scheme of a sonnet.

Anthem for Doomed Youth – Wilfred Owen 

Tijs Michiels - Loïs Groosman - Bette Hendrix