Today, my Year 11 class had a go at reading ‘Anthem For Doomed Youth’ as a whole class. The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells.” “Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, – Nor there if they yet mock what women meant “We never heard to which front these were sent. LOST LOVE: “The pallor of girls’ brows shall be their pall.” Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.” “Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes SADNESS & GRIEF: “Down the close, darkening lanes they sang their way “Their breasts were stuck all white with wreath and spray TERROR and HORROR: “Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle May creep back, silent, to still village wells “A few, a few, too few for drums and yells, Explain why and how these quotations could convey these powerful emotions or any other powerful emotion you can think of you may disagree with my interpretation/line, in which case find your own lines! Think about how Owen often conveys powerful emotions in an indirect fashion it is not immediately obvious that there is an emotion being conveyed but you analyse the language or imagery in depth you see that there is.ĪNGER: “What passing bells for those who die as cattle?” Owen conveys powerful feelings in a number of ways in his poetry. STARTER ACTIVITY: What are powerful feelings? What powerful feelings have you felt in your life? What language/images do these powerful feelings provoke in you: Anger Panic Terror Sadness Grief Gloominess Resignation the situations Owen describes, the feelings he portrays, the language he uses and its effects.
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