PPT-Poetry in world war one

To understand the role of poems in world war one Why were poems important During the war the men had very few ways to express their feelings about what life was like that could be recorded and sent home Many wrote letters about their experiences but some of the most famous and wellremembered stories of what life was like at war came from poems that the men wrote in their spare time . Milton’s poetry consists of the moral & religious influences of Puritanism that are blended with the generous culture of the Renaissance. It falls into four periods: 1) the college period; 2) the Horton period; 3) period of his prose writings; & 4) period of his greatest poetic achievement. ‘Ode . Why do we still need to remember events from so long ago?. Poetry and Remembrance. John McCrae Wilfred Owen Rupert Brooke. . . . Issac. . Rosenburg. . . Siegfried Sassoon. Poetry . Three phases. What is poetry?. 'Poetry', Wordsworth reminds us, 'is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings', and there can be no area of human experience that has generated a wider range of powerful feelings than war: hope and fear; exhilaration and humiliation; hatred – not only for the enemy, but also for generals, politicians, and war-profiteers; love – for fellow soldiers, for women and children left behind, for country (often) and cause (occasionally).. ―. A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. . – . Robert Frost . ―…the best words in the best . order. . – . Samuel Taylor Coleridge . ―Poetry is the most direct and simple means of expressing . First . World War 1914–18. Australian troops in the Turkish Lone Pine . trenches.. Australia's . early involvement in the Great War included the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force landing at . T. S. Eliot’s . “Love Song of J. Alfred . Prufrock. ”. Hamlet Act I. Develop and apply new poetry analysis skills. Understand key terms regarding poetic devices. Application of poetry explication skills. Poetry is a literary form characterized by a strong sense of rhythm and meter and an emphasis on the interaction between sound and sense. . The study of the elements of poetry is called . prosody. .. Elements of Poetry Poetry is not ____________. Prose is: ordinary ______________ people use in speaking or writing Poetry is: a form of _______________ expression _______________ intense Underlying causes. What causes most wars. Extreme . nationalism. (“Super Patriotism” or love for one’s country). Imperialism: . Spreading the political or economic control of one country over another. oetic Torture-House of Language 2www.PoemHunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 3www.PoemHunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 4www.PoemHunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 5www.PoemHunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 6www 2www.PoemHunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 3www.PoemHunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 4www.PoemHunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 5www.PoemHunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 6www 2wwwPoemHuntercom - The Worlds Poetry Archive3wwwPoemHuntercom - The Worlds Poetry Archive4wwwPoemHuntercom - The Worlds Poetry Archive5wwwPoemHuntercom - The Worlds Poetry Archive6wwwPoemHuntercom - poet. .. Sometimes, poems have rhyming words in them.. Poetry is meant to be read aloud.. Rhyming Words. Some poetry has rhyming words at the end of lines. When words rhyme, they start with different sounds, but sound the same at the end of the words. So ‘cat’ rhymes with ‘bat’ and ‘hot’ rhymes with ‘lot’. .