Anthem for Doomed Youth - Wilfred Owen

Anthem for Doomed Youth The poem takes the form of a sonnet Owen doesn’t completely follow the traditional rhyme scheme because… The poem is about the love of… P. As well as using a sonnet to convey emotion, Owen also uses emotive language: Q. “monstrous anger of the guns” E. Owen creates personification by giving the guns emotions. Here they are angry. This also connects with us on an emotional level. If we saw our comrades gunned down, we might feel…. So when Owen says ‘monstrous anger’ this is also what he is feeling towards the enemy. P. Another way Owen informs us about life in the trenches is through his emphasis on sound. Living in the trenches must have been incredibly loud. Q. Owen says “the stuttering rifle’ rapid rattle.’ E. The key sound words here are ‘stuttering’ and ‘rattle.’ These words are emphasised by Owen when he repeats the ‘r’ sounds, the phrase is alliterative. As a reader the effect on us is that the pace is quickened and it leaves an impression on us; we get a sense of the panic and distress that Owen felt in the trenches.