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V6 Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Owen 1893 - 1918
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Wilfred Owen 1893 - 1918

Slide 1 - Slide

Aim of this lesson:
  • Repeat what we learnt about Owen's life and death
  • Get a better understanding of the poem Mental Cases

Slide 2 - Slide

Wilfred Owen
  • Modest means, middle class
  • Close to his mother, Susan Owen
  • Became a lieutenant after visiting a hospital for the wounded
  • Was a war hero, pleaded for his men
  • Was an excellent shot
  • Was treated for shellshock at Craiglockheart
  • After the war, his poems were published with the help of Sassoon

Slide 3 - Slide

Mental cases:
Which literary devices can you see?

Slide 4 - Mind map

Who are these? Why sit they here in twilight? In the first stanza we see
A
dead soldiers being described
B
questions being asked about soldiers suffering from shellshock
C
the reader's interest being raised
D
hell being described

Slide 5 - Quiz

Slide 6 - Video

Slide 7 - Video

"slow panic" can be considered
A
alliteration
B
assonance
C
hyperbole
D
oxymoron

Slide 8 - Quiz

The structure of the poem is:
A
introduction - middle part- conclusion
B
questions-answer-conclusion

Slide 9 - Quiz

Which words are usually used for objects and not for human beings, as is the case in this poem?

Slide 10 - Open question

Examples of alliteration in the poem

Slide 11 - Mind map

The last stanza is a conclusion and an accusation
True
False

Slide 12 - Poll

Owen died:
A
Just 26 years old
B
As a result of blood poisoning
C
When the war was over
D
In a machine gun attack just before the end of the war

Slide 13 - Quiz

Slide 14 - Slide

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