New GCSE English Literature WJEC Eduqas Anthology Poetry Guide - for the Grade 9-1 Course
This is an overview and a quote analysis of the poem 'Mametz Wood' by Owen Sheers. It is included in the poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature if you are doing the exam of WJEC Eduqas. It was made by me for the 2019 GCSE exams which I have just completed and of which I recieved a Grade 9 for...
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Mametz Wood- Owen Sheers
CONTEXT:
Was known as one of the bloodiest of battles and it was a scene of
fierce fighting in WW1
The name of the poem comes from how the soldiers were ordered to
take cover in Mametz Wood which was the largest area on the
battlefield
Sheers visited the site of the WW1 battlefield which was his inspiration
He grew up in Wales and was very patriotic to Wales; also the soldiers
were Welsh
RHYME SCHEME:
No rhyme scheme
TONE & MOOD:
Somber
Morose
Disturbing
Mundane
Slow
Poignant
THEMES:
War/warfare
Nature
Man and the natural world
Death/mortality
Fragility
Freedom/confinement
Patriotism
Time
Injustice
Identity
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