What are orisons?
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Which words might best describe the title of the poem 'Anthem for Doomed Youth"?
Respectful and mournful
Celebratory memorialising
Bitterly ironic
Mocking disdain
What is compared in Anthem for Doomed Youth?
The sound of bells and the screams of soldiers
Life at a military hospital + traditional Christian funerals
A national anthem and the songs of young soldiers
The death of young soldiers + traditional Christian funerals
What 3 techniques are used in the lines "stuttering rifles rapid rattle/Can patter out their hasty orisons"
Imagery, vivid language, alliteration
Alliteration, Onomatopoeia and Personification
Simile, metaphor and onomatopoeia
Personification, simile, and assonance
Instead of funeral bells, what can be heard at these young men's death?
Prayers by military priests
The singing of demented choirs
The call of bugles
Gunfire
What words suggest the rural areas in England where these dying soldiers came from which will mourn their loss?
Sad shires
Wailing shells
The pallor of girls
Prayers and bells
What image is suggested as a replacement for candles at a funeral?
The lights of the dying boy's eyes
Tender flowers
The colour of girls' faces
The drawing down of blinds
What is the difference in tone between the octet (the first eight lines) and the sestet (the last six lines)?
Octet: memorial Sestet: factual
Octet: noisy, violent Sestet: silent, sad
Octet: sad, detatched Sestet: emotional
Octet: horrified Sestet: peaceful
"What passing bells for those who die as cattle". The technique used in this line are:
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
Ultimately, what is the purpose of Owen's poems?
To express his concerns and frustrations about war
Challenge the patriotic and romantic notions of war
All of the above
Expose the harsh reality and futility of war
What does 'pallor' mean?
a person who caries coffins
a cloth placed on a coffin
a flushed and excited appearance
an unhealthy, pale appearance
What technique is "choirs of wailing shells"?
Onomatopoeia
Satire
Personification
Hyperbole
What could "their flowers the tenderness of patient minds" mean?
Their gains from being patient are flowers
The soldiers lay flowers where their friends died
The only positive tribute is the people at home waiting
Heaven is the reward for the soldiers
Why was Wilfred Owen sent home in 1916 before returning two years later?
He injured his hand
He suffered from shellshock
He was shot in the arm
He caught typhoid
Why does Owen compare the soldiers to cattle?
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"Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes." What are the glimmers?
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