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who wrote Mametz wood?
Owen Sheers
what does Owen sheers focus on?
the way people
identify
with
land
and
country
when was Mametz wood written?
in
2005
it recalls the events of the Battle of the
Somme
in
1916
what does
sheers
works
as
?
poet
,
author and university professor
Owen Sheers
was born in
fiji
in
1974
but was raised in
south
wales
did sheers fight in WW1?
NO
what was the
battle
of Somme?
a
battle in ww1
4000
men died trying too reclaim
Mametz
wood
Sheers
was struck when he visited the
remnant
of the battle ;
fragments
of
bone
were still
rising
to the
surface
What was happening in france ?
they filmed a
documentary
of a
mass grave
that had
20
soldiers that had been
buried
with their
arms
linked
how did the image of the soldiers grave affect sheers?
he said when saw the photo he knew it was an
image
that would
stay
with him and his
motivation
in
writing
the poem
when was the poem written?
2005
how were the soldiers in the battle of somme seen as?
ill
trained
and poorly
lead
where is mametz wood?
France
" A chit of bone, the
china plate
of a
shoulder
blade"
" the
relic
of a
finger
"
" They were told to
walk
not
run
"
" the
earth
stands
sentinel
"
" for
years
afterwards"
suggest that the impact of war in long lasting
" farmers found them "
alliteration
= melancholy reflective tone
pronoun
"them" anonymous soldiers
"
Wasted young
"
sheers has a
critical
tone refers to the
ill treatment
of the soldiers
" A
chit
of
bone
"
the bones are
randomly
scattered suggest war is
destructive
"
china plate
"
metaphor = compares
soldiers
to
fragile
items
" the
blown
and
broken
birds egg of
skull
"
Natural
imagery emphasises the
unnaturalness
of their deaths
juxtaposition
between " eggs " and "skull" =war is a
destructive
force - symbol of
death
" walk not
run
"
critical
tone
mocking
the poor
leadership
of the
38th
division
"
nesting
machine guns "
predatory
and relates to the
eggs
suggesting a
birthing
of death
"
earth
stands
sentinel
"
suggest the earth is
guarding
=
working
with them
" reminder of what happened "
vague
/
euphemistic
language may suggest that the
atrocities
of war are too terrible to think about
" A Broken
mosaic
of bone "
metaphor
= soldiers complete
destruction
" dance macabre "
Dance of the dead an
artistic
allegory = reminder that death will
unite
you with your man it is also a reminder of the
fragility
of life
" their
jaws
, those that have
them
, dropped
open
"
emphasises the
devastation
of war and the
brutality
and the
wastefulness
of war
" sung" "tongues"
end
rhyme =
song
"
slipped
from their
absent
tongues"
soldiers are
passive
and
powerless
again links to the
beginning
structure
uneven
line length reflects
uneven
ground if Mametz wood
tone
melancholy
poignant