Aims:

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1. To develop an understanding of the poem
2. To develop awareness of how contrast is used in
   poetry.

Aims
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ttitude
Atmosphere
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echnique
Key Skills Communication Working with
others Improving own learning and performance
S
uccess
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Biography

• Born 1878, London, Welsh parents
• Oxford University
• Journalist
• Enlisted 1914
• Died 1917 Arras battlefield

Edward Thomas
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As the Teams Head Brass

• This refers to the horse brasses on a team of
  horses, pulling a plough.

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Match up these words to their meanings
Fallow Charlock Furrow Clods Bough

• Branch
• lumps of earth
• a field left uncultivated for a year
• a yellow flowered weed
• a narrow trench left by a plough

Briefly explain what happens in this poem.
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A
ttitude

• Highlight all the words with agricultural/natural
  associations.
• Highlight all the parts of the poem that refer to
  the war.
• Group work
• Discuss whether or not this is a war
• poem.

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S
uccess

• What do you think is the message of this poem?
• Life goes on during the war
• Events in France effect what happens in rural
  Britain
• The catastrophic events of the war are reflected
  in nature.

• How effectively does this poem convey this?

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T
echnique

• In the mens conversation we find out that two
  important events have occurred on the same night.
• What are they?
• What is the significance of this?

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? Why do you
think the poet used this scheme? Clue its a
conversation