Structure
How many stanzas does the poem have?
What is four?
Name two specific words that make the soldiers seem old and physically weak
What is "hags" and "beggars"
Name that device:
"As under a green sea, I saw him drowning."
What is a word to describe the overall tone of the poem?
Multiple answers possible
True or false: the theme of the poem is that it is noble to sacrifice ones life for ones country.
What is FALSE?
In what stanza does the rhyme scheme unravel?
What is the third stanza?
Significance of "flung him in" in last stanza?
Name that device:
All went lame; all blind.
What is hyperbole?
How does the tone shift from the 1st to 2nd stanzas?
What is a shift from exhausted to panicked? (or similar words)
What is the effect of the third stanza being so short?
Multiple correct answers
Dulce et Decorum Est:
Why did the poet use this Latin phrase rather than the English translation?
Multiple answers possible
"As under a green sea" (stanza 2)
What is..
Emphasizes how much poison gas surrounded the soldier
What is the tone specifically of the last two lines?
How does the poet use contrast between the poem's title and the theme of the poem to emphasize its main idea?
Multiple answers