English - Module B - Futility quotes Flashcards
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Futility
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present tense imperatives and dramatic immediacy
Move him into the sun
3.
Owen personifies the sun
Gently its touch woke him once
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Assonance, ‘…’, to create a calm and peaceful tone, reinforcing the life-giving qualities of the sun
At home
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Personification, ‘…’, metaphorically represents the unsown life of the dead soldier
whispering of fields unsown
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In addition, ‘…’, expressing dubiety within the soldiers, and how they refuse to believe that the sun cannot revive the soldier.
Always it woke him, even in France
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The use of sibilance in the words, ‘…’, slows down the pace of the poem, creating a sad and mournful mood, reinforcing the waste and pity of war.
‘whispering’, ‘unsown’, ‘snow’, ‘rouse’, and ‘sun’
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Owen introduces the second stanza with a tonal shift, questioning the purpose of life. However, with use of metaphorical links, ‘…’, relating to the sun’s life-giving power, Owen questions its purpose and if there is any point to life if they are to die so young.
Think how it wakes the seed
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Owen uses allusion and biblical references, ‘…’. God’s ability to bring life into a ball of clay is challenged by Owen’s perceptions of life’s purpose, if life ends brutally in battle.
Woke, once, the clays of a cold star
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Multiple rhetorical questions are followed, such as, ‘…’, expresses the cruel reality that the sun can not save the deceased, reinforcing the true nature of the harsh world.
Full-nerved–still warm–too hard to stir?
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Furthermore, Owen writes, ‘…’, contemplating the point of living.
Was it for this the clay grew tall?
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The final rhetorical question, ‘…’, questions the sun’s initial creation of Earth.
O what made fatuous sunbeams toil–To break earth’s sleep at all?
