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Poetry!
“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write
poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human
race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering,
these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry,
beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”
~ From the movie, Dead Poets Society (1989)
OVERVIEW
• Part A: Introduction
• Form
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Pun
• Symbolism
• Irony
• Tone
• Mood
Part B: Let’s revise your literary
devices!
How it is presented
How it is presented
Example:
Example:
“He had written some hundred and ten poems, numerous poetic
fragments, and slightly less than seven hundred letters. His complete
writings fill no more than three volumes…He is, however, regarded as the
outstanding English poet of the First World War. This is not an undeserved
reputation, but it can be misleading as Wilfred Owen was already an
inspired apprentice poet before the war began. The war alone did not
make him; he made war a poetic subject.”
The poem which you will be analysing is called Dulce Et Decorum Est.
Print it out and read it before continuing with the slides.
Part C: Wilfred Owen and World
War I
World War I, otherwise known as the Great War (1914-1918),
involved more countries and caused greater destruction than
any other war except World War II (1939-1945).
http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/trenchlife.htm
Part C: Wilfred Owen and World
War I
Now that you have read the poem as well
as the background to Wilfred Owen and
the First World War, proceed to the
assignment and either write your
answers in the word document and print
it out or write answers out on writing
paper and hand it in on Monday.
Enjoy!
References:
Books
• Hibberd, D. (1987). Wilfred Owen: War Poems and Others. Sydney: Australasian Publishing
Company.
• Jeffares, A. N. & Bushrui, S. (Eds.) (1986). Selected Poems: Wilfred Owen. London:
Longman.
• The World Book Encyclopedia, Vol W-Z (1989). Chicago: World Book, Inc.
Websites
• http://www.firstworldwar.com/poetsandprose/owen.htm
• http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/trenchlife.htm
• http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june00/poetryboxdevicesexamples.html
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