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Dulce et Decorum Est - Poem Anthology Flashcards

1
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who is the writer?

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Wilfred Owen

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when was it written?

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1917

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themes?

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  • pain and suffering
  • death and loss
  • effects of war
  • negative emotions
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4
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context?

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  • anti-war
  • anti-propaganda
  • response to the manipulation to recruit
  • direct address to Jessie Pope - a patriotic, propaganda poet
  • Latin used
  • WW1
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5
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form + structure?

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  • irregular structure
  • no rhyme scheme to symbolise chaos
  • two line paragraph at the heart of the poem shows death is at the heart of war
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6
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‘Bent double, like _____ _____ under sacks’

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old beggars

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7
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‘Men marched _____’

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asleep

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8
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‘He plunges at me, _____, _____, drowning

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guttering, choking

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9
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‘As under a _____ _____, I saw him drowning’

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green sea

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10
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‘If in some ______ _____ you too could pace’

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smothering dreams

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11
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‘And watch the _____ writhing in his face’

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white

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12
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Obscene as _____, _____ as the cud

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cancer, bitter

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13
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‘_____ _____, you would not tell with such high zest’

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My friend

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14
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‘The old Lie: _____ _____ Decorum est’

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Dulce et Decorum est

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15
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‘Pro patria _____’

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mori

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16
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‘Gas! Gas! _____, _____!’

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quick boys

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17
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‘An _____ of fumbling’

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ecstacy

18
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‘Behind the wagon that we _____ him in’

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flung

19
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‘Of vile, _____ _____ on innocent tongues’

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incurable sores

20
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‘To children ardent for some _____ _____’

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desperate glory

21
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‘Fitty the _____ _____ just in time’

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clumsy helmets

22
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what does ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ mean?

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it is sweet and it is fitting

23
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what technique does the line: ‘Bent double, like old beggars under sacks’ have?

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simile

24
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what does the adverb ‘haunting’ tell the reader?

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connotations of death, haunting shows the temporary nature of light

25
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what does the line: ‘distant rest began to trudge’ show?

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they are returning to their trenches, their resting place

26
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what does the line: ‘Many men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots’ show?

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an image of despair

27
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what technique does the line ‘Of gas shells dropping softly behind.’ have?

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use of sibilance

28
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what does the line: ‘Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! - An ecstasy of fumbling’ show?

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  • this line uses direct speech
  • the word ‘ecstasy’ is malapropic, ill-fitting, as ecstasy is a positive word, gas masks will save them
29
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what does the word ‘flound’ring’ show?

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mustard gas liquidised their lungs

30
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what does the word ‘lime’ mean?

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its the colour of mustard gas

31
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what does the line ‘As under a green sea, I saw him drowning?’ show?

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it uses water imagery to describe the men as drowning in the mustard gas

32
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what does the phrase ‘In all my dreams’ mean?

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the soldier is haunted by the memory

33
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what does the line ‘He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning’ show?

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  • the soldiers are desperate
  • use of triplets
  • the line is in its own paragraph along with ‘In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,’ to emphasise the horror of war
34
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what tense is the word ‘If’?

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conditional tense

35
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what does the verb ‘flung’ show?

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the lack of respect for the soldiers - dehumanised by the war

36
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what does the phrase ‘white eyes writhing’ show?

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  • alliteration, inhumane description, awkward syntax is mimetic of the observes harrowing experience
37
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what atmosphere does the description: ‘hanging face’ create?

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a disturbing atmosphere

38
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what imagery is the verb: ‘gargling’?

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water imagery

39
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what does the line: ‘Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud’ imply?

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that war is the worst thing imaginable

40
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what does the line: ‘Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues’ show?

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war left an incurable mark on innocent soldiers

41
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why did Owen use the phrase: ‘My friend, you would not tell with such high zest’?

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as sarcasm to directly address Jessie Pope who is a pro-war poet and writer

42
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what does the line: ‘The old Lie: Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria mori’ mean?

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  • The old Lie - shows the truth of war is covered up under propaganda
  • Dulce et Decorum est - it is sweet and it is fitting is in a different language to show men had no idea what war was like
  • Pro patria mori - to die for your country

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