DISABLED
OUT-OUT
PERSONIFICATION
ONOMATOPOEIA
ALLITERATION
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Wilfred Owen
Who is the author of 'Disabled'?
100
It is about A young man who is cutting firewood with a buzz saw ( in New England). Near the end of the day, the boy’s sister announces that it is time for dinner and, out of excitement, the boy accidentally cuts his hand with the saw. He begs his sister not to allow the doctor to amputate the hand but inwardly realizes that he has already lost too much blood to survive. The boy dies while under anesthesia, and everyone goes back to work.
What is the poem 'out - out' about?
100
Personification is when you give human qualities to an object or animal. Personification definition, the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
What is personification?
100
- Onomatopoeia is word that mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to. - Onomatopoeia definition, the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
- Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are nearby. - Alliteration occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound.
What is alliteration?
200
- the suit - the body - the man
What does the word 'legless' refer to?
200
He lost his blood in the battle.(disabled poem)
What does 'He’s lost his colour very far from here' mean?
200
Till gathering sleep had mothered them from him.
What is the personification in the first stanza?
200
- snarled - rattled
What are onomatopoeic words that describe the saw?
200
sweet-scented stuff (out - out)
What alliteration in the poem that contains 's' sound?
300
It's about a soldier who was disabled because of the war. He is legless and armless because of the war. He has no spirit to continue his life.
What is the poem 'Disabled' about?
300
Makes the machine seem like a savage beast
What effect does "The buzz saw snarled and rattled" create?
300
As if to prove saws knew what supper meant, Leaped out at the boy’s hand, or seemed to leap—
What is the personification about the saw?
300
- sewn short - play and pleasure - girls glanced (disabled poem)
What are the examples of alliteration the poem?
300
- sewn short - play and pleasure - girls glanced (disabled)
What are the examples of alliteration in the in the poem 'disabled'?
400
- to have the pride as the army - to please his girlfriend
What are the man's reasons to join the army?
400
- it is shocking and happens so fast and unstoppable.
What does "Neither refused the meeting" mean?
400
saw (line 8)
What does "it" in "As it ran light, or had to bear a load." refer to?
400
To emphasize how unpleasant is the sound of the machine. (out - out)
Why is the words snarled and rattled repeated in the poem?
400
To give the readers sensory experience especially for the smelling. To emphasize the importance of the smell to the atmosphere (the beauty that contradicts with the accident) -(out -out)
What is the effect of the following alliteration: sweet-scented stuff?
500
- he thought of jeweled hilts for daggers in plaid socks; of smart salutes; esprit de corps - how cold and late it is! why don't they come
What are the man's expectations before and after he joined the army?
500
To connect to the theme of the poem which is about how short is a life. He tells his story in a single narration in single stanza. To dramatize the story in the poem.
Why do you think Frost choose to make a single-stanza poem?
500
Neither refused the meeting
What is the personification in line 18?
500
a savage beast
What do the words snarled and rattled describe?
500
To add the irony in the poem. (Disabled)
What is the effect of 'play and pleasure' in the poem 'disabled'?
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