Mametz Wood - Owen Sheers Flashcards
“for ____ afterwards ____ ____ them”
“for years afterwards farmers found them”
“_____ young”
“wasted young”
“the ____ of a ____”
“the relic of a finger”
“_____ the _____ and it’s nesting _____ ____”
“towards the wood and it’s nesting machine guns”
“like a ____ working a _____ ____”
“like a wound working a foreign body”
“their ____ paused mid _____”
“their skeletons paused mid dance”
“and their ____, those that ____ ___, _____ open”
“and their jaws, those that had them, dropped open”
“_____ from their ____ ____”
“slipped from their absent tongues”
“for years afterwards farmers found them” what does this show
soldiers are unidentified and nameless - war has taken away their identity
“wasted young” what does this show
refers to decayed bodies and lives that were lost too soon
“the relic of a finger” what does this show
a relic is an old object and also part of a saints body that get worshipped, suggests admiration for those who died
“towards the wood and it’s nesting machine guns” what does this show”
“nesting” implies weapons are part of nature
“like a wound working a foreign body” what does this show
unnatural that they have died so young, simile continues the personification of earth being injured
“their skeletons paused mid dance” what does this show
creates dark humour, also reminds us of the soldiers as human beings
“and their jaws, those that had them, dropped open” what does this show
parenthesis reminds reader of the brutality of war, suggests their mouths were open in horror
