Mametz Wood - Owen Sheers Flashcards
A broken _ of bone linked linked _ in _
A broken mosaic of bone linked arm in arm
Shows that they died together/for each other and the country
As if the _ they had _
have only now with this _
slipped from their _ tongues
As if the notes they had sung have only now with this unearthing slipped from their absent tongues
Shows that they have finally been freed- recognised as soldiers and received respect
‘Only now’ suggests that they were forgotten for a long time till now
In boots that _ them
In boots that outlasted them
This suggests that they were given poor equipment but still fought
And _ _ _ of a skull
And broken bird’s egg of a skull
Shows how fragile humans are to the weapons used in the war.Humans skulls as delicate as eggs.
Across this _ where they were told to _ not _
Across this field where they were told to walk not run
Suggests the suicidal commands given to these soldiers that made them so vulnerable
Walking = easier to get shot
the _ plate of a shoulder blade
The China plate of a shoulder blade
China is a strong material but can easily be broken, representing the tough but easy to kill soldiers
And their , those that have them, open
And their jaws, those that have them, dropped open
Shows that they all died in shock or horror.The war was a lot worse than the fantastical propaganda and feeling among adolescent men that the war could make them hero’s.
This shows that their deaths were shocking or unpredictable.
The _ young, turning up under their _ blades
The wasted young turning up under their plough blades
Shows that the young lives were wasted, that could have lived on to live longer.While the battle of mametz wood was successful, many soldiers would have died without helping progress in the battle due to the brute force strategy where the soldier were told to walk into the Germans machine guns line of fire.They were essentially ‘wasted’ manpower
All _ now in flint
All mimicked now in flint
They have lost their identities as the flint has copied their bone (mimicked their bones)
Also implies that it has been a very long time since they have died as this process takes long
