Mametz Wood

Question 1

The …. Young, turning up … their … blades

Answer 1

Wasted
Under
Plough

Question 2

A broken …. Of bone linked … in ….

Answer 2

Mosaic
Arm
Arm

Question 3

With this ….., slipped from there … ….

Answer 3

Unearthing
Absent
Tongues

Question 4

What is the structure of mametz wood?

Answer 4

No rhyme scheme - very loose
3rd person perspective
Narrative from sheers
Written in tercets
Shape people quality
Repetition of the act of things turning up in the soil

Question 5

What is the language in mametz wood?

Answer 5

Detached, sympathetic, forlorn and sentimental mood
Personification
Malopropic
Dehumanisation
Metaphorical voice they have
Contrasting images

Question 6

When was mametz wood written?

Answer 6

2005

Question 7

What is the context behind mametz wood?

Answer 7

Born in wales in 1974
Visited mametz wood on the 85th anniversary
He went there to make a film
About the Battle of the Somme 1916
4,000 men of the 38th welsh division died