Context
The English translation of "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo"
What is "In defence of my poetry"?
Unreasonable or inappropriate to the point of being humorous
What is 'absurd'?
The device in "I, too, have dropped off fear"
What is metaphor?
The date (month/year) Wilfred Owen wrote this poem
What is November 1917?
Meaning cheerfulness or fun
What is 'merriment'?
The device in "By Joy, whose ribbon slips"
What is personification?
Wilfred Owen's rank in the Army
What is second lieutenant?
A group of soldiers, usually the smallest kind of military unit
What is a 'platoon'?
The device in "when wretches smiled."
What is irony?
The hospital Owen had just been discharged from
What is Craiglockhart Hospital? (this should be 500 and also probs should be replaced)
A thing offered to God
What is an 'oblation'?
The device in "Heard music in the silentness of duty;"
What is oxymoron?
The critic of Owen's work who made him write the poem
Who is Robert Graves?
A flood, a fast outpouring
What is a 'spate'?
The device in "...dark of hell,
Whose world is but the trembling of a flare,
And heaven..."
What is reification?