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Anthem for Doomed Youth

Anthem for Doomed Youth. by Wilfred Owen. What do we need to know to analyse this poem successfully?. About the Poet. Wilfred Owen (1893-1918). Form. Sonnet (in rhyme scheme of an English sonnet). Context. Written in 1917, Craiglockhart War Hospital. Language. anthem passing bells

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Anthem for Doomed Youth

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  1. Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen

  2. What do we need to know to analyse this poem successfully?

  3. About the Poet Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)

  4. Form Sonnet (in rhyme scheme of an English sonnet)

  5. Context Written in 1917, Craiglockhart War Hospital

  6. Language • anthem • passing bells • cattle • orisons • mockeries • mourning • demented • shells • bugles • speed • pallor • pall • drawing-down

  7. Form Sonnet: • 14 lines • Each line has ten syllables – iambic pentameter • Shakespearean rhyme scheme: abab/cdcd/efef/gg • Shakespeare wrote many famous sonnets • Sonnets usually address themes of love

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