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Mametz Wood Flashcards

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the wasted…

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young

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what is the effect of ‘wasted young’?

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their deaths were futile. young displays the extent of the tragedy

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a chit of bone…

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the china plate of a shoulder blade

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what is the effect of ‘chit of bone etc’

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the graphic description displays the brutality of their injuries and death

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broken…

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birds egg of a skull

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what is the effect of ‘broken birds egg of a skull’?

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the metaphor illustrates how delicate their lives were and how they were disregarded

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their skeleton paused..

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mid dance macabre

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what is a macabre?

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a strong horrible dance

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in boots…

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that outlasted them

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what is the effect of ‘boots that outlasted them’

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the poem switches to present tense to make the readers remember they shouldn’t be forgotten and are still relevant today

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slipped…

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from their absent tongue

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