Last Post Flashcards
What is Carol Ann Duffy communicating about conflict?
Pays respect to WW1 generation
Portrays sorrow at loss of life (loss of potential)
Pays homage to WW1 poets
What is the structure used in the last post?
1 stanza
Reversed narrative - ironic & poignantly emphasises tragedy of WW1
What are the techniques used in the last post?
Allusion - Dulce Et Decorum Est - reiterates owen’s message
Repetition - “Die and die and die” - emphasises amount of men who died
List of potential lives - potential of what could’ve been
What is the rhythm & rhyme used in the last post?
Irregular & iambic pentameter up to “die” - shows reorganisation of narrative (chaotic)
What is the imagery used in the last post?
“Shrapnel scythed you” - sibilance & harsh reality of trench warfare
“Bled bad blood”
What is the vocabulary used in the last post?
“Several million lives” - emphasises potential of lives - hyperbole
“Tuck away” - light diction - poignant tone set