WWTL? Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
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Context
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Anti-war activist
Protest poem written at the height of the anti-war movement
Inspired by the bombing campaign - imagines a world where Vietnam has been destroyed and no record or memory of their culture remains
2
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Form
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Free verse - serious topic with a serious message
Question and answer format - like an interview
3
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Strucutre
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2 stanzas – numbered - cold objective tone. Questioner and responder.
Caesura, enjambment, end-stopped lines
4
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Quotations
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“light hearts turned to stone”
“no more buds”
“bones were charred”
“bombs smashed those mirrors”
“there was time only to scream”
“Who can say? It is silent now.”
“It is not remembered” “echo” “perhaps” “a dream ago”
5
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Key themes
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Anger, suffering, loss, effects of conflict, memory
