Part+4-+Poetry


 * Textual Study of Wilfred Owen Selected Poems **

=**The 20 selected poems that will comprise the scope of your poetry study have been compiled in the document below. All of Wilfred Owen's works, biographical information, study guides etc. are openly available online; plug his name into your favoured search engine and indulge in the plethora of information that will enable great insight in the mind of an extraordinary war poet! **= = = = =



http://www.wilfredowen.org.uk/home/
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=The following is one of the best known //poems// of //WW1//; In //Flanders Fields// by John McCrae: = =In Flanders Fields= by John McCrae, May 1915

= In Flanders fields the poppies blow = = Between the crosses, row on row, = = That mark our place; and in the sky = = The larks, still bravely singing, fly = = Scarce heard amid the guns below. = = = = We are the Dead. Short days ago = = We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, = = Loved and were loved, and now we lie = = In Flanders fields. = = = = Take up our quarrel with the foe: = = To you from failing hands we throw = = The torch; be yours to hold it high. = = If ye break faith with us who die = = We shall not sleep, though poppies grow = = In Flanders fields. =

Inspiration for “In Flanders Fields”
Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, 1st Brigade Canadian Field Artillery. (1)|| During the early days of the Second Battle of Ypres a young Canadian artillery officer, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, was killed on 2nd May, 1915 in the gun positions near Ypres. An exploding German artillery shell landed near him. He was serving in the same Canadian artillery unit as a friend of his, the Canadian military doctor and artillery commander **Major John McCrae.** As the brigade doctor, John McCrae was asked to conduct the burial service for Alexis because the chaplain had been called away somewhere else on duty that evening. It is believed that later that evening, after the burial, John began the draft for his now famous poem “In Flanders Fields”.

//Source: http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/john-mccrae-in-flanders-fields.htm//

Some additional context; a scene from Passchendaele
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=It is vital that you familiarize yourself with literary devices and techniques. Use the following list to enable you at this task:= =​=

= Individual Oral Commentary Assessment Criteria = = =

= Use the above criteria to assess the following Oral Analysis of Wilfred Owen's "The Send-off" =

Note: This clip wasn't a formal I.O.C. presentation

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