Aims:

1

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

Aims
C
ontent
A
ttitude
Atmosphere
or
T
echnique
Key Skills Communication Working with
others Improving own learning and performance
S
uccess
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Biography
Wilfred Owen

• Born 18 March 1893 Oswestry, Shropshire
• Language Tutor - France
• Volunteered October 1915
• May 1917 Diagnosed with Shell Shock
• October 1918 - Earned Military Cross
• Died 4 November 1918 Ors Battlefield

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Content
Match the words to their meanings

• Orison
• Mockeries
• Bugles
• Pallor
• Hasty
• Shrill
• pall

• Cloth laid on a coffin
• High-pitched noise
• Paleness
• A prayer
• Brass instrument used to give military signals
• Hurried
• Ceremonies which are insulting

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Techniques

• Highlight every word or phrase with violent,
  warlike associations.
• Highlight every example of onomatopoeia or any
  word referring to sounds.
• Highlight any similes or metaphors that appeal to
  you.
• Explain how these phrases add to the overall
  effect of the poem

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Attitude

• In this poem, Owen asks what is done to mark the
  deaths of soldiers who die on the battlefield.
• Compile a table showing what Owen shows us is
  usually done to mark someones death and the
  wartime equivalent.

Civilian Funeral Soldiers death
Passing bells Orisons Monstrous anger of the guns Rifles rapid rattle
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Organising the Text

• This poem is presented to you as one stanza.
• How would you rather split it?
• Into two stanzas?
• Three?

Give reasons for your answers.
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Success

• Write a paragraph giving your view of the poem.
• Remember
• Content
• Attitude
• Technique