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Poetic techniques
Which poem?
Techniques #1
Techniques #2
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Was Owen an anti-war poet or pro-war poet?
Anti-war poet
100
Name the figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by 'like' or 'as'.
Simile
100
In which poem does the following line appear? "The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;/ Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds"
Anthem for Doomed Youth
100
Name a technique used in the following line from "Anthem for Doomed Youth": "What passing bells for these who die as cattle?"
E.g. Rhetorical question, simile, allusion.
100
What are TWO techniques being used in the following line from "Dulce et Decorum est"? "Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots"
E.g. Alliteration, metaphor.
200
When did WW1 occur?
1914 - 1918
200
What is the aural technique that aims to imitate the sound of something? This can be achieved through creation of a word or through alliteration, sibilance, assonance, consonance etc.
Onomatopoeia
200
In which poem does the following line appear? "Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud/ Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues"
Dulce et Decorum Est
200
What technique is used in the following line from "Insensibility"? "Men, gaps for filling."
Metaphor
200
What are TWO techniques used in this line from "The Next War"? "We whistled while he shaved us with his scythe."
E.g. Alliteration, sibilance, onomatopoeia, literary allusion, verb choice.
300
After returning from war to recover from shell-shock, Owen became very critical of "armchair patriots". Who or what does this expression refer to?
One who supported the continuation of war from the home front without knowing the realities of war; someone not actively involved in or responsible for something, while nonetheless inclined to offer opinions or advice.
300
Name the rhetorical figure of speech in which two incongruous or contradictory terms are combined.
Oxymoron
300
In which poem does the following line appear? "We laughed at him, we leagued with him, old chum."
The Next War
300
What technique is being used here in "The Next War"? "Oh, Death was never enemy of ours!"
Personification
300
What are TWO techniques used in the following line from "Strange Meeting"? "By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell."
E.g. Oxymoron - "dead smile"; "Hell" - religious allusion; First person - "I", "we".
400
Which famous poet influenced Owen's works?
Siegfried Sassoon
400
What is the term used to describe the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect?
Irony
400
In which poem does the following line appear? "Happy are those who lose imagination:/ They have enough to carry with ammunition."
Insensibility
400
What technique is being used in Owen's reference to "My friend" in the line "My friend, you would not tell with such high zest / To children ardent for some desperate glory, / The old Lie"?
Allusion (to Jessie Pope)
400
What are THREE techniques are used in the following lines from "Futility"? "In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,?/ He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning."
E.g. Metaphor - "helpless sight"; emotive verb choice - "plunges"; listing; onomatopoeia - "guttering"; first person - "my"; hyperbole - "all my dreams"; repetition (assonance) of suffix - 'ing'.
500
How many weeks before the war ended was Owen killed?
1 week
500
What do you call an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
Allusion
500
In which poem does the following line appear? "I would have poured my spirit without stint / But not through wounds; not on the cess of war."
Strange Meeting
500
Name a technique used in the following two lines of "Strange Meeting": "Courage was mine, and I had mystery, Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery."
E.g. Anaphora - "was mine", "I had"; Pararhyme - "mystery"/"mastery"; Emotive language - "courage", "wisdom"; Past tense - "was", "had".
500
What THREE techniques are used in the following lines from "Futility"? "Move him into the sun - / Gently its touch awoke him once"
E.g. Imperative language - "Move him"; Symbolism - "sun"; Personification - "its touch"; Past tense - "once".