Task One
DULCE ET DECORUM EST
STANZA:1
MAIN IDEA: War is not a glorious and exciting adventure
QUOTE: “coughing like hags we cursed through sludge”
NAME OF LANGUAGE FEATURE: Simile, Verb
EFFECT OF USING THIS LANGUAGE FEATURE
The effect of using those two langue feature was that It described
what the soldiers situations were and the actions they were doing
such as in the quote above they were coughing and their physical
health conditions was poor and they were in terrible conditions that
they cursed because of how bad the situation was and with the
descriptive language Wilfred Owen used it really paints a vivid
picture in the readers head
EXPLANATION OF LANGUAGE FEATURE IN QUOTE – LINK TO MAIN
IDEA… The smilie I have used as an example links to the main idea
by describing what it was like in the war by saying “coughing like
hags we cursed through sludge” that relates in with the main idea of
the poem which is war and the language feature describes how
they were “coughing like slags” as the conditions they were in
made them sick and them “going through sludge” describes what
their surrounding were like and that war was no nice in any form of
aspect
Task One
DULCE ET DECORUM EST
STANZA: 2
MAIN IDEA: Explaining with descriptive language about what it was
like to experience the gas attacks from the opposing side in the
war and how it was like to see men killed over it and being helpless
and how terrifying it was
QUOTE: “he plunges at me, guttering,coughing,choking”
NAME OF LANGUAGE FEATURE:
Metaphor
EFFECT OF USING THIS LANGUAGE FEATURE
describing what a soldier was doing by explaining the effects of the
poisons gas and what it did to the incident young men slowly and
painfully slaughtered them
EXPLANATION OF LANGUAGE FEATURE IN QUOTE – LINK TO MAIN
IDEA…
THE LANGUAGE FEATURE USED IN THIS QUOTE LINKS IN WITH THE
MAIN THEME/IDEA OF THE POEM BY VIVIDLY EXPLAING HOW
HORRIBLE IT MUST OF BEEN TO WITNESS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF FRIENDS YOU MET THROUGH THE WAR KILLED RIGHT INFRONT OF
YOU WITH YOU BEING COMPLETELY UNHELPFUL AND COULD DO
NOTHING TO SAVE THEM IT WOULD HAVE VERY BAD EMOTIONAL
EFFECTS ON YOU
Task One
DULCE ET DECORUM EST
STANZA: 3
MAIN IDEA:
Describing how bitter experiencing the war was by
comparing how vile it was to go through that situation
QUOTE: “Bitter as the cud of vile”
NAME OF LANGUAGE FEATURE:
Smilie
EFFECT OF USING THIS LANGUAGE FEATURE
using that certain language feature clearly described to the
reader by comparing what war was like and how it was
similar “to the cud of vile” which is pretty horrendous
EXPLANATION OF LANGUAGE FEATURE IN QUOTE – LINK TO
MAIN IDEA…
The quote links to the main idea of the poem of war by with
how Wilfred Owen describes what the conditions of war is
like by comparing it to vile to give understanding to the
reader by using that certain language feature
Task Two
Anthem for doomed youth
STANZA:1
MAIN IDEA: About how scary and what the conditions were like of
war
QUOTE: “Only the monstrous anger of the guns”
NAME OF LANGUAGE FEATURE:
Personification
EFFECT OF USING THIS LANGUAGE FEATURE
giving a human effect to something that is non-living such as for in
this example Wilfred Owen describes the guns as being angry and
monstrous
EXPLANATION OF LANGUAGE FEATURE IN QUOTE – LINK TO MAIN
IDEA…
The personification used in this quote really gives you an idea of
how the guns must of been like to hear in the war non-stop in the
background loud as ever and causing death as Wilfred Owen its it
he describes them as monstrous and angry which is made clear to
the reader
Task Two
Anthem for Doomed Youth
STANZA: 2
MAIN IDEA: How the feelings of being at home whilst loved one is
fighting for their country and their own lives whilst they are stuck at
home praying they are okay and being helpless
QUOTE:”The tenderness of patient minds”
NAME OF LANGUAGE FEATURE:
Metaphor
EFFECT OF USING THIS LANGUAGE FEATURE
explaining what it would like to be patiently waiting ro your loved
one to come home would be like
EXPLANATION OF LANGUAGE FEATURE IN QUOTE – LINK TO MAIN
IDEA…
The language feature used in this quote clearly shows the reader
how horrible it would be to be stuck at home just waiting to hear
from your loved one that has been sent to war and praying that they
safely come home, alive.