Mametz Wood Flashcards
First poem in the collection
1
Q
Tone
A
reflective, gentle, melancholic.
2
Q
“For years afterwards”
A
reflective, lasting impact.
3
Q
“the wasted young”
A
- they shouldn’t have had to die
- unfulfilled, wasted potential
4
Q
“the china plate of a shoulder blade”
“relic of a finger”
“broken bird’s egg of a skull”
A
shows the fragility of the human body and a sense of importance/sacredness.
fragment
plosive alliteration - shock, potential, ironic - represents the start of life
5
Q
“all mimicked now in flint”
A
link to graves, stone
6
Q
“told to walk, not run”
A
blame, child-like instruction, slow pace of men and action
7
Q
“nesting machine guns”
A
natural vs manmade
less threatening?
8
Q
“the earth stands sentinel”
A
personified, sibilance - gentle memory, guard over men and history
