War in Manhunt and Dulce Plan

Question 1

What do both poems Manhunt and Dulce present about war?

Answer 1

They are both about the damage and consequences of war.

Question 2

How do both MH and Dulce present war differently?

Answer 2

MH is more about recovery and consequences of war whereas Dulce is about death and finality.

Question 3

What are the differences in perspective in Manhunt and Dulce

Answer 3

-Dulce is in the moment the speaker watches death in front of his eyes

-The manhunt is post war and deals with the speaker’s husbands trauma.

Question 4

Quotes for chaos in the present tense Dulce

Answer 4

-‘Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!’

Question 5

Quotes for the damage in Manhunt

Answer 5

-‘Foetus of metal’ - the metal is a part of him
-‘Porcelain’

Question 6

Quotes for gruesome imagery in Dulce

Answer 6

-‘Garling’
-‘Obscene as cancer’

Question 7

Quotes for trauma (PTSD) in dulce

Answer 7

-‘Helpless sight’
-‘In all my dreams’

Question 8

Quotes for affection in manhunt

Answer 8

-‘Touch,explore’ - sensory images

-‘Only then’ - he is becoming more comfortable towards his partner

Question 9

Quote for trauma in Manhunt

Answer 9

-‘Unexploded mine’

Question 10

Significance of the title Dulce et decorum est

Answer 10

-The title is latin for ‘It is sweet and honorable to die for one’s country’

-Sarcasm and irony as it heavily contrasts with main ideas of poem.

Question 11

Notes about structure in Dulce

Answer 11

-2nd stanza has exclamation marks and ceazura to present an increase in pace

-3rd stanza, ‘you’, ‘my friend’, accusatory tone makes poem become a polemic targeted towards propaganda.

Question 12

Notes about structure in MH

Answer 12

The poem begins with rhyming couplets to show the deterioration of speaker and partners relationship due to war.

Question 13

Context in the manhunt

Answer 13

-Told from the perspective of a soldier’s wife, deals with the idea of PTSD and it’s impact on the soldier.

-Inspiration from Eddie beddoes and his wife Laura Beddoes, one bullet destroyed Eddie’s whole body and he returned from the Bosnian war as a peacekeeper.

Question 14

Context in Dulce et Decorum est

Answer 14

-Wilfred Owen was killed in action during WWI
-Owen’s mother received the letter of his death on armistice day.
-First hand experience in trench warfare.
-Owen uses gruesome imagery to warn people back home that propaganda is a lie.