Mametz Wood Flashcards
1
Q
“Wasted young”
A
Adjective, wasting their lives, linked to death
2
Q
“plough blades”
A
Regular rows, links to the structure of the poem
3
Q
“china plate of a shoulder blade”
A
Fragility
4
Q
“broken bird’s egg of a skull”
A
Alliteration ‘B’ mimicking the sound of a gun (sounds of war), linked to birds, fragile
5
Q
“they were told to walk, not run”
A
Courage, pride, control, would be shot if they turned back, cowardly
6
Q
“nesting machine guns”
A
Imagery, birds, makes it seem nicer than it is
7
Q
“absent tongues”
A
Euphemism for death, metaphor
8
Q
Compare to?
A
Dulce et decorum est
