Rosenberg
Summary
Literary Devices
Theme of Power
Theme of Honor
100

Rosenberg served during 1916 on the Western Front in France during what time of war?

World War 1

100

What mood is portrayed throughout the entirety of the text

Death

100

The quote , "the rusty stakes like sceptres old" uses what literary device?

Simile

100

Man-Made _________ displays the theme of power over the humans

Machinery

100

How is the theme of Honor portrayed oppositely

Its Dishonorable
200

What immigrant family group was Rosenberg born into?

Jewish immigrants

200

What type of tone is portrayed throughout the poem? 

Somber

200

This literary device relates to the attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts or inanimate objects.

Personification

200

The strongest piece of machinery portrayed throughout the text

The train

300

Rosenberg was most famous for his style of "______ poems" during the times of WW1 poetry

Trench Poems

300

What causes the soldiers to lose their peace of mind during the war

Traumatic Experiences

300

The quote, “The plunging limbers over the shattered track Racketed with their rusty freight" is a form of what literary device?

Imagery

300

What does the quote, “The plunging limbers over the shattered track” demonstrate over the soldiers of WW1

(Hint:To deprive something or someone of human qualities)

Dehumization

400

Rosenberg's had trained and one several awards as an ______ before listing in the War

An Artist/Painter

400

What was a major traumatic experience for the soldiers that caused them to be shocked?

The unvalued dead bodies meaning nothing throughout the war

400

The quote, “Now she has them at last!” is a form of personification used by Rosenberg. What is being personified

The Earth taking away the souls of those who died

400

The constant movement of the train/machinery represents and symbolizes the power and continuation of _____ for the soldiers of the story


War/Life

400

How did the soliders feel dishonored? 

"Out of the doomed nostrils and doomed mouth" shows how dishonored the soldiers feel 

500

What was the cause of Rosenberg's death after being killed in action during the War?

Death remains unknown

500

The quote, "like many crowns of thorns" represents the barbed wires and also represents this form of allusion

Biblical Allusion

500

This form of man-made machinery represents the movement of the men's spirit to another world.

(Hint: Movement of the train)


Cross-Roads

500

The soldiers can be referred to as "_______" because of their lack of Honor and spirit

Zombies

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