5. Things that Make a Soldier Great

5. Things that Make a Soldier Great
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5. Things that Make a Soldier Great

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Before we start
Let's see what you remember from the last poem

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Anthem for Doomed Youth
anthem = lied, lijflied
doomed = gedoemd zijn (onvermijdelijk dat iets slecht gaat)

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Why are the youth doomed according to Owen?

Slide 4 - Open vraag

Answer:
The youth is doomed because they have to go to war and will inevitably die.

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

In line 1 Owen compares the soldiers to cattle (vee), he uses a:
A
metaphor
B
simile

Slide 6 - Quizvraag

In Anthem for Doomed Youth, Owen comments on:
A
The gas attacks in the war
B
The traditions used in the funerals of the soldiers
C
The poppies on the battlefield

Slide 7 - Quizvraag

Owen thinks these funeral traditions are:
A
beautiful
B
unnecessary
C
inappropriate

Slide 8 - Quizvraag

Let's continue
The Things that Make a Soldier Great
by Edgar A. Guest
(1918)

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

About the author
  • Edgar A. Guest
  • 1881-1959
  • 'The People's Poet'
  • born in England, moved to the US

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Let's read the text together

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

Slide 12 - Open vraag

Rhyme scheme
AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHII JJKKLL

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

Look at stanza 2
Discuss in groups and express in your own words: 
What is Guest trying to say here?

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

Answer
It is not the country or the king or the flag that make a soldier want to fight, but it is when his family and/or children are in danger that he wants to fight

Slide 15 - Tekstslide

Which other sentences in the poem give out the same message?

Slide 16 - Woordweb

The following sentences:
  • "The golden thread of courage isn't linked to castle dome
But to the spot, where'er it be—the humble spot called home."

  • "He sees his children smile at him, he hears the bugle call,
And only death can stop him now—he's fighting for them all."

Slide 17 - Tekstslide

In The Soldier, Brooke believes that soldiers fight and die for:
A
Themselves
B
Their country
C
Their families

Slide 18 - Quizvraag

In The Things that Make a Soldier Great, Guest believes that soldiers die for:
A
Themselves
B
Their country
C
Their families

Slide 19 - Quizvraag

Notes on the 5 war poems
  1. The Soldier (pro / positive) was written in 1914: beginning of the war --> positive, naïve
  2. In Flanders Fields (1915) is also rather positive, patriotic. It's about death, but also about war heroes.
  3. Dulce et Decorum Est & Anthem for Doomed Youth (anti / negative) were written in 1917: during the war --> more realistic, horrors of the war were out 
  4. Things that Make a Soldier Great (1918) is more about soldiers on a personal level

Slide 20 - Tekstslide

Most Negative
Most Positive
Things that make a soldier Great
In Flanders Fields
Dulce et decorum Est
The Soldier
Anthem for Doomed Youth

Slide 21 - Sleepvraag

What is the difference between Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen and John McCrae on the one hand, and Edgar Guest on the other hand?

Slide 22 - Open vraag

Important difference between the poets
Owen, Brooke and McCrae all took part in the war themselves. Guest never took part in it.

Slide 23 - Tekstslide