Poet's Duty & Owen
This is the war Wilfred Owen famously wrote about, revealing its horrors and the suffering of soldiers.
World War I
The holy ___ of goodbyes
glimmersssssss
What is the tone of Anthem for Doomed Youth?
Solmemn / Accusatory
What literary device is this: "Rifles' rapid rattle"
Where did uncle wilfred live?
69 Monkmoor Road, Shrewsbury
Wilfred Owen believed the poet's duty was not to glorify war but to expose THIS truth.
Its brutality / its horror / the suffering it causes
What passing-bellls for those who die as ___?
cattleeeeeee
What is the tone of Mental Cases?
Horrific / Gothic
What literary device is this: Loved laughter
alliteration
What hair gel did uncle owen use
L’Oréal Paris Studio Line
This poem by Owen ends with the Latin phrase "pro patria mori"
Dulce et Decorum Est
Pro ___ mori.
Patriaaaaaaaaaaaa
What is the tone of The Chances?
Ironic / conversational
What literary device is this: Dawn breaks open like a wound that bleeds afresh?
Metaphor
How many girls did he pull after he passed
NONE , he died womp womp.
Owen’s poetry contrasts with THIS earlier Romantic poet who viewed the poet as a prophet and moral teacher.
William Wordsworth
Bold uncles, smiling ____
ministerially
What is the tone of The Send-off?
Somber / ironic / secretive
What literary device is this: May God curse thee, and cut thee from our soul!
Biblical allusion
What's Mr Kosters fav poem
On Seeing a Piece of Artillery
Wilfred Owen was mentored by this fellow war poet, who helped shape his views on the purpose of poetry during wartime.
Siegfried Sassoon
____ murders they once witnessed.
Multitudinous
What is the tone of The Sentry?
claustrophobic / haunting
What literary device is this: Tut-tut! tut-ut!
Onomatopoeia
What is Aisya and Clara's favourite uncle wilfred poem?
"Inspection" you ding dang dong