Wilfred Owen - Use of Adjectives

Wildfred Owen uses a build up of adjectives to describe the actions of the dying man in the gas attack. “He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.” The dynamic adjectives give us a clear sense of the movement and show how much this one death has affected Owen as he sees it “in all my dreams.” The trenches are therefore a very dangerous place with life being lost at random. The exact opposite of “dulce et decorum,” as ironically mentioned in the title and final stanza. ​

Some hints on the WW1 essay

P. Today’s technique is alliteration Q. ‘the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle’ E. Talk about alliteration and how it’s used – what effect does it create on the reader – does it sound like gunfire? Is it positive or negative? Onomatopoeia – links to the title, there’s lots of references to sound. Appeals to our senses and gives us an idea of what it was like in the trenches. Aural – relating to sound as a sense P. Strong feelings / attitudes. Who’s for the Game. Rhetorical questions. Q. Any rhetorical Q from the poem. E. What is the effect of the RQ? How do we react to it as a reader – intimidating, make us think, motivate us? Has the purpose of the poem changed? What is Pope’s attitude to war? P. Jessie Pope uses an extended metaphor in ‘Who’s for the Game?’ to compare the war to…. Q. Line 1, line 2 or line 3 – you choose! E. By comparing the war to a match, it’s showing how masculine the people who go to war are. Just like if you play sport at school, people see you as more manly! Pope doesn’t take the war seriously, she underplays it. She wants to make it seem fun so people join the team!

Who's for the game? Jessie Pope

P. Jessie Pope’s poem uses a lot of rhetorical questions – the majority of the lines end with one. Q. ‘Who’ll give his country a hand?’ E. The writer uses rhetorical questions to get the reader to… As there are so many rhetorical questions we have to… In war, and in the trenches, we often have to think about the consequences. This poem tries to encourage as many people as possible to fight for ‘his country.’ (Write a personal opinion, do you think that it is right to do that?) P. The poem compares the war to a ‘game.’ Q. ‘Who’s for the game, the biggest that’s played.’ E. Pope creates an extended metaphor as the comparison continues through the poem. He mentions ‘grip’ and ‘tackle’ and ‘who will toe the line’ which could be compared to Rugby. He also says ‘who wants a seat in the stand?’ This makes us think of a football stadium. (Personal opinion, is it a good metaphor? Is it good to compare war to a game?)

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.

World War 1 Poetry - in English, Turkish and Russian!!

Point: One of the ways Owen explores the conditions of the trenches is his use of description. Quote: ‘He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.’ Explanation: Here he uses three significant adverbs. They are very negative words to describe the man’s gas poisoning. Owen makes them stand out, by putting them in a list of three and by having them in a stanza of their own. He tells us how he sees the man in his nightmares for days after the event. Owen is clearly effected badly by his experience in the trenches. Noktası: Owen siperlerde koşulları araştırıyor yollarından biri açıklaması onun kullanımıdır. Alıntı: 'O, hendekler boğulma, boğulma, bana daldırır.' Açıklama: İşte o üç önemli zarfları kullanır. Bu adamın gaz zehirlenmesi tanımlamak için çok olumsuz kelimelerdir. Owen onları üç listesini koyarak ve kendilerine ait bir dörtlük bunları alarak, kılan. O olaydan sonra gün boyunca onun kabuslar içinde adam nasıl gördüğünü söyler. Owen açıkça siperlerde onun tecrübe ile kötü etkilenir. Точка: Один из способов Оуэн исследует условия траншей является его использование описания. Цитата: "Он погружается на меня, водоотводы, удушье, утопление. Объяснение: Здесь он использует три значительных наречий. Они очень негативных слов, чтобы описать отравления газом человека. Оуэн выделяет их, поместив их в список из трех и при наличии их в строфу своих собственных. Он рассказывает нам, как он видит человека в его кошмары в течение нескольких дней после события. Оуэн явно плохо осуществляется его опытом в окопах.