Poetic Devices
What technique compares the soldiers’ deaths to cattle being slaughtered?
Simile
What is the main theme of “Anthem for Doomed Youth”?
The tragedy of war or the loss of a young life
What is the traditional structure Owen uses for “Anthem for Doomed Youth”
Sonnets
The poem opens with this intense auditory image...?
"What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?”
Owen was a soldier and poet during what war?
World War 1
What technique is used when he writes “stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle” ?
Alliteration & Onomatopoeia
The poem criticizes a specific institution for failing to honor soldiers properly.
Organized religion or the Church
What type of sonnets are typically used to explore this subject?
Love
This sound device mimics the chaos of the battlefield.
onomatopoeia
What country was Wilfred Owen born in?
England
What literary device is used when battlefield sounds replace funeral bells?
Metaphor
Owen shows how war dehumanizes young soldiers by comparing them to what...?
Cattle
This specific type of sonnet combines Petrarchan and Shakespearean elements.
English sonnet or hybrid sonnet
The phrase “drawing-down of blinds” symbolizes...?
death or mourning
What age did he die just days before the war ended
25 Years Old
The line “no prayers nor bells” uses this technique to emphasize what is missing...
Anaphora (or listing)
The poem suggests that this group carries the emotional burden of loss.
The families or the women left behind
This part of a sonnet introduces a shift in tone or focus.
Volta
Owen's use of irregular rhythm and harsh sounds reflects this mood.
anger or chaos
What fellow poet mentored Owen and helped him publish?
Siegfried Sassoon
What device contrasts traditional religious mourning with violent imagery?
juxtaposition
What is the common wartime idea, often promoted by governments, that Wilfred Owen challenges?
The glorification or romanticizing of war.
The octet focuses on this, while the sestet shifts to this.
The battlefield or Mourning at home
This technique repeats harsh consonants to echo violence.
Consonance
The word “Anthem” in the title is ironic because...?
Anthem usually celebrates, but instead, this poem mourns.