War Poems Flashcards
Who wrote The Manhunt?
Simon Armitage
Who wrote The Soldier?
Rupert Brooke
Who wrote A Wife in London?
Thomas Hardy
Who wrote Dulce et Decorum Est?
Wilfred Owen
Who wrote Mametz Wood?
Owen Sheers
Why was the poem ‘the Soldier’ naive?
Because Rupert never actually made it to the service so while his words were beautiful, they shouldn’t have any effect because, coming from him it was wrong, he was hiding the bad experiences the soldiers were having.
What is the first line of ‘The Soldier’?
If I should die, think only this of me:
Last line of the soldier
In hearts at peace under an English Heaven
annotation for ‘washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home’
England is being shown as a utopic sanctuary hiding the the cities, slums, and places of poverty
extended metaphor
Her sights and sounds; ______________
dreams happy as her day
Name the two parts of ‘A Wife in London’.
The Tragedy, The Irony
What poem discussed the Boer war?
A Wife in London
What poem discussed the Bosnian war?
The Manhunt
What poem discussed the First World war?
Dulce et Decorum Est
1/4 million British soldiers took on _______ Dutch Soldiers in the ____________
60,000
Boer war
