War Poetry

75 pages of detailed, ready-formatted notes on and task sheets war poetry, based on many years of teaching it to Year 12.

Focuses on the poetry of World War 1 and that of the 1960s anti-war movement.

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Contents:

Introduction	3
Suggested approach	4
Brief History of World War 1	5
Cost of the War	9
Poetry of World War 1	10
The Poet's Choice: Sassoon: 'Base Details'	11
Phase 1: The Illusion	13
'For the Fallen'	14
Rupert Brooke	15
Brooke: 'The Dead'	16
Brooke: 'The Soldier'	18
Phase 2: Reality	21
Siegfried Sassoon	22
'The Rear-Guard'	23
'Does It Matter?'	26
'The General'	29
Prose or Poetry	31
Phase 3: the Aftermath	32
'Memorial Tablet'	32
Sassoon: A Summary	35
Wilfred Owen	36
'Dulce et Decorum Est'	37
'Futility'	40
'Anthem for Doomed Youth'	44
'The Parable of the Old Man and the Young'	48
'The Next War'	51
Owen: a Summary	53
Sassoon and Owen: a Summary Comparison	54
Protest Poetry	55
Understanding the Vietnam War & the Anti-war Movement	57
Protest Poetry Worksheets	59
Roger McGough Worksheet	63
McGough: 'Why Patriots are a Bit Nuts in the Head	65
Adrian Henri: 'Great War Poems'	66
Planning and Writing Essay Answers	67
Analysing Poetry	72
Unit Outline	75
Appendices: Poems
CD Extras: Literary Terms; text of poems; 1920 review of Owen's poetry; Protest poetry; picture gallery of maps, paintings, posters, photographs

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