mametz wood Flashcards
1
Q
who wrote mametz wood
A
owen sheers
2
Q
what do the regular 3 line stanzas show (tercets)
A
relationship between past, present and future
3
Q
c: where is sheers from
A
fiji but grew up in wales
4
Q
c: where is the poem based on
A
WW1 battlefield on the Somme - northern france
5
Q
c: what is he passionate about
A
people who lived among landscapes
6
Q
‘for years afterwards…’
A
the farmers found them
7
Q
‘the…’
A
wasted young
8
Q
‘twenty men buried…’
A
in one long grave
9
Q
‘a broken…’
A
mosaic of bone
