What poem is this from?
"Who are these? Why sit they here in twiglight?"
Mental Cases
Truth
Pity
Warning
Which war did Wilfred Owen fight in? ððŧ
World War 1
What is Boche/Hun/Fritz ?
German Soldier
"Over the top to-morrer; boys, we're for it,"
The Chances
What is it called when there is a period at the end of a line?
Enjambment
Where was Wilfred Owen born? ðĨ
Oswestry, Shropshire.
What does "Mental Cases" reflect/mean?
Owen's time in the hospital where he was recovering from shell shock
"Shall sign the holy glimmers of goodbye"
Anthem for Doomed Youth
"Wailing Shells"
"Sad Shires"
Personification
When was he posted back to France? ðŦð·ð
(Where he won the MC for being killed on the Sombre Canal)
1918
What is eulogy?
Church Service (funeral or a mass)
"Must wither innocent of enmity"
On seeing a piece of our artillery brought into action
What does this title show?
"Anthem for Doomed Youth"
Juxtaposition
What happened to Wilfred Owen in 1917? ðĨ
He suffered a severe concussion and 'trench fever'
What does B.E.F. stand for?
British Expeditionary Force
"Those other wretches, how they bled and spewed,"
The Sentry
What language does "The Chances" use?
Colloquial
When did he die? ðŠĶâ°ïļ
He died a week before the Armistice was signed.
What is the symbolic meaning of "The Sentry"
The failure of war to protect soldiers
(even those meant to watch and protect over the others are not protected themselves)