Biography
What country was Owen born?
United Kingdom
Owen wrote his poetry based on his experience of what during the war?
Being a soldier
What year did WWI start and end?
1914-1918
Identify one poetic technique in these lines:
Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,
Exclamation
alliteration
How many Lord of the Rings films are there?
Bonus points if you can name all 3.
3
Fellowship of the Ring
Two Towers
Return of the King
What year did Wilfred Owen die?
1918
What literary era is Owen's poetry considered to be a part of?
Modernist era
What was the agreement that was signed to mark the official end of WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
Identify the main poetic technique in this line:
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Similie
Who wrote the song Superbass?
Nicki Minaj
What is Wilfred Owen's star sign?
Pisces
What does the name of the poem 'Dulce et Decorum Est' roughly translate too?
"it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country"
What is shellshock?
a range of psychological effects, including anxiety, fear, confusion, and physical symptoms, experienced by soldiers exposed to the intense trauma of combat
Identify the technique in this line:
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
Similie
What is the current Prime Minister of the UK?
Keir Starmer
During the war Owen wrote several letters to who?
His mother
How many of Owen's poems were published during his lifetime?
5
Name at least 3 countries that were part of the Allied Powers in WWI?
British Empire
France
Russia
United States
Italy
Identify two poetic techniques in these lines:
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
— Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Rhetorical question
personification
What is the address of this school?
90 Beverley Rd, Campbelltown NSW 2560
What two famous poets most inspired Owen?
William Wordsworth and John Keats
Finish off the line from 'Dulce et Decorum Est':
"The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est..."
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
The main area where the trenches were in during WWI was called what?
The Western Front
Owen's poem 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' compares the sounds of war to the choirs and bells which usually sound at funerals.
What do you think Owen is trying to do by comparing these two things?
Wilfred Owen seems to show the futility of religion at this time while also demonstrating the brutality of war.
There is also irony in how he compares the glory of the sounds of war with the depressing reality of the funeral sounds.
Riddle: What do you break before you use it?
Egg