War Poems
This is the author of the poems Dulce Et Decorum Est and Anthem for the Doomed Youth.
Who is Wilfred Owen?
A direct comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is simile?
This is one-single line of a poem arranged in a metrical pattern.
What is verse?
This camera shot is used to set up the setting at the beginning of a scene?
What is establishing shot?
This is the war that Dulce et Decorum Est is based on.
What is World War 1?
This is the author of the poem The Death of Ball Turret Gunner.
Who is Randall Jarrell?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is Alliteration?
A group of verses where the lines are arranged into a unit.
What is stanza?
This angle makes the subject look inferior.
What is high angle?
This is the war that The Death of Ball Turret Gunner is based on.
What is World War II?
This is the meaning of "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"?
What is it is sweet and right to die for one's country?
The guns growl in the distance" is an example of what device?
What is personification?
This is the poetic form that Dulce Et Decorum is written in.
What is a double sonnet?
A shot that moves from a character's feet upward to their face is called what?
What is a tilt-up shot?
This was the name of the war strategy used in WWI.
What is trench warfare strategy?
This is how Randall Jarrell describes the fate of the ball turret gunner.
What is he was washed out with a hose, emphasizing dehumanization?
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
What poetic device is this?
What is Paradox?
This is the rhyme scheme of Anthem for Doomed Youth.
What is ABAB CDCD EFFE GG?
This technique is used when a scene suddenly cuts to a past event.
What is flashback?
This was the year Wilfred Owen was enlisted in WW1.
What is 1915?
This is how Anthem for Doomed Youth uses juxtaposition in its poem.
What is contrasting religious funeral imagery with violent war scenes—bells vs. gunfire, candles vs. glimmering tears?
This poetic device contrasts two opposing ideas or images to highlight a deeper meaning.
What is juxtaposition?
This is the poetic form in which The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner is written.
What is five-line free verse?
A shot where both the foreground and background are in sharp focus, often used to show multiple elements in a scene.
What is deep focus?
Which of the war flights had the ball turret gunner installed in?
What is B-17 bomber?