Mametz Wood

Question 1

T W Y

Answer 1

The wasted young
- they had entire life ahead that was wasted due to war

Question 2

A B M O B

Answer 2

A broken mosaic of bone
-mosaic is a pattern, juxtapose to show brutality of war

Question 3

W T U, S F T A T

Answer 3

With this unearthing, slipped from their absent tongues.
-only now they’re heard, voice only in death
-lived in demands
-voices kept quiet by power above

Question 4

3 core

Answer 4

-loss of welsh soldiers in ww1
-Sheers is welsh and honors soldier, collective memory
-farmers find remains in fields, war affects present.

Question 5

Big ideas

Answer 5

-soldiers should be remembered and celebrated
-importance of remembering key history events
-places can be symbolic and powerful

Question 6

Form

Answer 6

-write in tercets (3 line stanza) and 3rd person to show detachment.
Diff lengths sentences show plough fields

Question 7

Structure

Answer 7

Chronological, structure represents stuff being broken.