Mametz Wood

Question 1

What is Mametz Wood about?

Answer 1

Sheers describes farmers uncovering the remains of soldiers killed during the Battle of Somme

Question 2

Who wrote Mametz wood?

Answer 2

Owen Sheers

Question 3

3 points

Answer 3

• anti - war stance and suggests that the precious lives of the soldiers were wasted
• at the same time, offers hint of healing and consolation, suggesting that the terrible trauma of war might be overcome once acknowledged
• Sheers’ poem presents death through the lens of its aftermath, a haunting and enduring presence

Question 4

Quotes

Answer 4

1. “wasted young”
2. “chit of bone, the china plate”
3. “broken mosaic”, “one long grave”

1.”Earth stands sentinel”
2. “tended” remains of soldiers
3. “like a wound working a foreign body to the surface of the skin”

1. “they were told to walk not run”
2. “boots that outlasted them”