Poetic Meaning
The definition of imagery
What is vivid language that appeals to your five senses (sight, touch, sound, taste, hear)
The type of imagery AND connotation in the line below:
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, his hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin
BONUS: what is happening to the soldier in the poem?
What is visual imagery AND negative connotation?
BONUS: He is dying of poison gas
The MOOD of Dreamers
What is sad/reflective/melancholic?
When words near each other begin with the same letter-sound.
What is alliteration?
The author of Dulce et Decorum Est.
Who is Wilfred Owen?
The definition of figurative language
What are descriptions that capture what something is like rather than what it is?
The message of Dulce et Decorum Est.
It is not sweet to die for your country; in fact, it is grotesque and disturbing.
The message of "Dreamers".
What is that soldiers give up their humanity, and long for it, when they are at war?
When two or more words end with the same sound.
What is rhyming?
Who is Siegfried Sassoon?
The difference between a metaphor and a simile
What is the use of like or as for a simile.
The tone of the following lines:
In all my dreams before my helpless sight, he plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning
What is traumatized, frightened, or disturbed?
The tone of the following lines:
I see them in foul dug-outs, gnawed by rats,
And in the ruined trenches, lashed with rain,
What is pitying/feeling bad for them?
The rhythmic structure of syllables in a poem.
What is meter?
What is poison/mustard gas?
The difference between tone and mood
The meaning of dulce et decorum est.
What is how sweet it is to die for your country?
The connotation of the imagery in the following lines:
Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin
They think of firelit homes, clean beds and wives.
BONUS: connotation of specific words and explanation.
What is neutral because dreamers, clean beds, wives are positive, but guns begin is negative?
The rhythm of We Real Cool
What is unstressed, stressed, stressed?
The definition of connotation.
What is the underlying meaning of a word depending on the context?
The use of an object, color, or person to represent a larger idea
Themes in Dulce et Decorum est.
What are
- The trauma of war?
- Human loss?
- The affect of war on the soldiers?
Themes in Dreamers.
What are
- The humanity/personal lives of soldiers?
- Loss in war?
- Nostalgia/Longing for normal life
The poetic structure of these lines:
If on Thursdays I go to school
Then all my friends will think I'm cool
Because on Friday they will say
You did a great job yesterday!
What is AABB?
The main DIFFERENCE between the two poems.