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Powerpoint on the analysis of the poem
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Apologia Pro Poemate Meo by Wilfred OwenJacqueline MwaiMehboob Chatur
Wilfred Owen’s Intention
Written on November 1917 – after his release from the hospital, in France.
‘My subject is war and the pity of war. My poetry is in the pity’ - Owen’s preface…
Structure
Regular rhyme scheme of ABAB – constant mood in the poem.
9 stanzas, 4 lines each.
Main Literary Devices
Imagery
Rhyming schemes
Synecdoche
Mood/Tone
Value of soldiers
Good and bad
Lost in their own thoughts
Appreciation
Themes
Dehumanization of soldiers
Misunderstanding by people
Religion
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