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Dulce et Decorum Est: Describing the Soldiers

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“Bent double, like old beggars under sacks”

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Dulce et Decorum Est: GAS!

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“Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!-An Ecstasy of fumbling”

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Dulce et Decorum Est: Haunted by the Death

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“He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning”

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Dulce et Decorum Est: Describing the Dead Soldier’s Face

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“His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin”

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Dulce et Decorum Est: Last Four Lines

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“High zest”
“To children ardent for some desperate glory”
“The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori”

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Dulce et Decorum Est

By…

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Wilfred Owen

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The Early Purges: Recalling the Event

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“I was six when I first saw kittens drown”

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The Early Purges: Dan Taggart’s Description of the Kittens

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“The scraggy wee shits”

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The Early Purges: Harsh Verbs in the First Three Stanzas

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“Pitched”
“Soused”
“Sluiced”

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The Early Purges: How the Kitten’s Were Killed (Alliteration)

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“Slung on the snout”

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The Early Purges: How the Remains of the Kittens Looked

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”Mealy and crisp as old summer dung”

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The Early Purges: He was Haunted by the Deaths

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“Until I forgot them. But the fear came back”

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The Early Purges: As You Grow up Your Sentimental Feelings Change

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“Still, living displaces false sentiments”

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The Early Purges: Death is Natural in Farm Life

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“But on well-run farms pests have to be kept down”

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The Early Purges

By…

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Séamus Heaney

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Timothy Winters: Describing his Overall Appearance

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“A blitz of a boy is Timothy Winters”

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Timothy Winters: Describing his Hair (Metaphor)

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“His hair is an exclamation mark”

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Timothy Winters: He Doesn’t do Well in School

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“He shoots down dead the arithmetic-bird“

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Timothy Winters: Unfortunate Family Situation

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“Timothy’s dosed with an aspirin”

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Timothy Winters: Describing the Law (Simile and Alliteration)

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“But the law’s as tricky as a ten-foot snake”

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Timothy Winters: He is a Kind and Good Person

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“And the loudest response in the room is when

Timothy Winters roars Amen”

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Timothy Winters: Someone Help the Unfortunate Children

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“So come one angel, come on ten”

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Timothy Winters

By…

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Charles Causley

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Midterm Break: Father Must be Very Sad

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“He had always taken funerals in his stride”

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Midterm Break: Trying to Console Him

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“Sorry for my trouble”

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Midterm Break: Consonace and Onomatopoeia

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“Whispers informed strangers”

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Midterm Break: The Mother is Sad and Angry

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“As my mother held my hand

and coughed out angry tearless sighs”

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Midterm Break: The Child’s Cause of Death

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“A poppy bruise on his left temple”

“The bumper knocked him clear”

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Midterm Break: Comparing Him to When He was Alive

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“He lay in his four-foot box as in his cot”

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Midterm Break: Last Line (Repetition and Rhyming)

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“A four-foot box, a foot for every year”

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Midterm Break

By…

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Séamus Heaney

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When All the Others Were Away at Mass: Describing the Sound of Peeling Potatoes (Simile)

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“Like solder weeping off the soldering iron”

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When All the Others Were Away at Mass: Describing Potatoes (Alliteration)

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“Cold comforts set between us”

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When All the Others Were Away at Mass: The Sound of The Potatoes Hitting the Water

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“Little pleasant splashes”

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When All the Others Were Away at Mass: Harsh words in second verse (octet)

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“Went hammer and tongs”

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When All the Others Were Away at Mass: The Last Two Lines (Rhyming)

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“Our fluent dipping knives

Never closer the whole rest of our lives”

37
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Base Details: Describing the Major

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“Fierce”
“Bald”
“Short of Breath”

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Base Details: Describing How the Major Organises His Attacks

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“And speed glum heroes up the line to death”

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Base Details: Describing How the Major Eats and Drinks (Alliteration)

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“Guzzling and gulping”

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Base Details: The Major’s View of the Deaths

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“Yes we’ve lost heavily in this last scrap”

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Base Details: When the Major Dies

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“I’d toddle safely home and die in bed”

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Base Details

By…

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Siegfried Sassoon

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If: Belief in Yourself

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“Trust yourself when all men doubt you”

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If: Don’t Let Triumph and Disaster Change You (Oxymoron and Personification)

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”If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two imposters just the same”

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If: Resilience (Alliteration)

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“Build ’em up with worn-out tools”

46
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If: Do Not be Defined by Your Loss

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“Never breathe a word about your loss”

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If: Be True to Yourself

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“Keep your virtue”

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Base Details: Describing the Major

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“Fierce”
“Bald”
“Short of Breath”

49
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Base Details: Describing How the Major Organises His Attacks

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“And speed glum heroes up the line to death”

50
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Base Details: Describing How the Major Eats and Drinks (Alliteration)

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“Guzzling and gulping”

51
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Base Details: The Major’s View of the Deaths

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“Yes we’ve lost heavily in this last scrap”

52
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Base Details: When the Major Dies

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“I’d toddle safely home and die in bed”

53
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Base Details

By…

A

Siegfried Sassoon

54
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If: Belief in Yourself

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“Trust yourself when all men doubt you”

55
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If: Don’t Let Triumph and Disaster Change You (Oxymoron and Personification)

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”If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two imposters just the same”

56
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If: Resilience (Alliteration)

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“Build ’em up with worn-out tools”

57
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If: Do Not be Defined by Your Loss

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“Never breathe a word about your loss”

58
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If: Be True to Yourself

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“Keep your virtue”

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