Mametz Wood Flashcards

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Poet - Mametz Wood

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Owen Sheers

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Speaker - Mametz Wood

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detached, anonymous

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Context - Mametz Wood

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Inspired by the discovery of a mass grave.
He is passionate about landscapes
Owen was Fijian but lived in wales all his life and wanted recognition for the welsh soldiers who where never celebrated

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Setting - Mametz Wood

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France, where the Welsh battalions fought for Mametz wood

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Mood - Mametz Wood

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Commemorative atmosphere filled with remembrance

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Why was it written - Mametz Wood

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To highlight the injustice of war and to celebrate the welsh soldiers who never got any recognition

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form - Mametz Wood

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When turned to the side the stanzas look like bodies - varying line lengths = different heights

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Rhyme scheme - Mametz Wood

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no set rhyme scheme

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When was it written - Mametz Wood

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2005 - 90 years after WW1

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Rhythm - Mametz Wood

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no much punctuation creates a long flowing feel with only five sentences in total

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War - Mametz Wood

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WW1

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12
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3 quotes

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  • for years afterwards the farmers found them - the wasted young turning up under their plough blades
  • the relic of a finger, the blown and broken bird’s egg of a skull
  • as if the notes they had sung have only now, with this unearthing, slipped from their absent tongues
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