Anthem for Doomed Youth
"What passing-bells for those who die as cattle?" is an example of...
Simile
What event shifts the pace in "Dulce et Decorum Est"?
A gas attack
"Sniffed the think green odour of his breath" describes a gas attack using a...
Which war did Wilfred Owen fight in?
World War I
How did people's views of war change after World War I?
From glory to horror
The word "rattle" in "rifle's rapid rattle" is an example of...
Onomatopoeia
"The blood come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs" is an example of...
Imagery
"War's a joke for me and you,
While we know such dreams are true.
Siegfried Sassoon" is an example of...
Epigraph
Wilfred Owen spent time at the military hospital Craiglockhart after experiencing a...
Gas attack
How did Owen's poems show war differently than traditional views of war?
Showed war's brutality and horror
The first stanza of the poem is set in the Western Front, while the second stanza of the poem is set...
At home
What does the term "Dulce et Decorum Est" mean?
It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country
This poem is a sonnet and is split into two stanzas, an octave and a...
Sestet
Who was Wilfred Owen's famous war poet friend?
Siegfried Sassoon
What emotions are strong in Wilfred Owen's poetry?
Sadness and anger
The poetic form of "Anthem for Doomed Youth" is a...
Sonnet
Irony
"He's spat at us with bullets and he's coughed
Shrapnel. We chorussed when he sang aloft, " is an example of...
Enjambment
Exposed lies about war
How does Owen make readers question war?
By showing war's pain
What does the final line "And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds" symbolise?
The death of the soldiers
"Guttering, choking, drowning" is an example of...
Tricolon
What warning does Wilfred Owen provide about the future?
Wars will keep coming
What was ironic about when Wilfred Owen died?
He died a week before the end of the war
What technique does Wilfred Owen use to show war's harsh truth?
Irony