Mametz Wood

Question 1

F.F.T.T.W.Y

Answer 1

FARMERS FOUND THEM THE WASTED YOUTH

Soft alliteration

Died before living

Introduces a gentle response

Question 2

T.T.T.L.B.I.I

Answer 2

THEY TENDED THE LAND BACK INTO ITSELF

Metaphor suggests process of restoration

Land returned to its natural state

Imagery of healing or cyclical nature

Question 3

M.O.B.L.A.I.A

Answer 3

MOSAIC OF BONE LINKED ARM IN ARM

The bodies unity is fragmented

Broken up into pieces

Metaphor

Question 4

P.M.D.M

Answer 4

PAUSED MID DANCE-MACABRE

Bizarre image

Personified death

Death’s omnipresence, setting somber tone

Question 5

S.H.T.B.A.A.A

Answer 5

SOCKETED HEADS TILTED BACK AT AN ANGLE

Unsettling image suggesting disfigurement

Metaphor can be seen as loss of control

Grim tone

Question 6

N.T.H.S.H.O.N

Answer 6

NOTES THEY HAD SUNG HAVE ONLY NOW

Song and memories will live on

New departure

Look forward

Question 7

CONTEXT

Answer 7

Scene of fighting during battle of Somme

Commemorate the victory of war and bravery

Question 8

FORM AND STRUCTURE

Answer 8

Line lengths fluctuate a lot

Follows syllabic pattern