5 - Last Post Flashcards
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What is the context of the poem ‘Last Post’?
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Written in 2009 during Duffy’s time as Poet Laureate.
Commission peer to honour deaths of WW1 veterans Harry Patch and Henry Allingham, last surviving British veterans of WW1.
Poem takes title from bugle call used at British ceremonies remembering those killed in war, read at Allingham’s funeral.
Theme of war evident in title and references to Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce Et Decorum Est”.
Duffy described poem as attempt as healing and being at peace with world.
Poem is a tribute and blessing, even an apology, on behalf of poetry and all poets.
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What is the structure and form of the poem ‘Last Post’?
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