Mametz Wood Flashcards
1
Q
“Wasted young”
A
Adjective “wasted”
Caesura-time to reflect loss of youth
2
Q
“Nesting machine guns”
A
Ready and waiting-cruel reality
3
Q
“Told to walk not run”
A
Bravery and strength the soldiers showed
4
Q
“ A chit of bone” and “the China plate of a shoulder blade”
A
-Bones
-fragility of these soldiers
-remnants
5
Q
“ a broken mosaic of bone linked arm in arm”
A
-Together until the end
-Eternity
6
Q
“ in boots that outlasted them”
A
-hard-hitting
- sad reality of war
7
Q
Sibilance in 4 th stanza “s”
A
-soft sound
-stillness
-calm after horrors of war
8
Q
Inconsistent line length
A
Represents struggle of the battle
