General Knowledge of Futlity
Techniques
100

The author of the poem "Futility"

Who is Wilfred Owen?

100

"The kind old sun will know."

What is an example of Personification?

200

This is the number of lines in the poem "Futility"

What is 14?

200

"To break earth's sleep at all?"

What is an example of a Rhetorical Question?

300

This poem reflects on the destruction caused by this global conflict

What is World War I?

300

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What is the poem's ryme scheme?

400

In “Futility,” this celestial object is praised for awakening seeds and giving life.

What is the sun?

400

"Gently its touch awoke him once" and "always it awoke him even in france."

What is an example of Repetition?

500

Owen died in combat just on week before this major historical event

What is the Armistice of World War I?

500

"If anything might rouse him now"

What is an example of assonance?

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