Scheme of Work
War Poetry
At the end of our study of selected war poetry, students will be able to:
• Explain why Wilfred Owen is one of our most celebrated poets.
• Describe how poetry was used as propaganda in the 20th century.
• Identify and analyse poetic techniques.
• Write a comparative essay.
• Explain why Wilfred Owen is one of our most celebrated poets.
• Describe how poetry was used as propaganda in the 20th century.
• Identify and analyse poetic techniques.
• Write a comparative essay.
Students need to learn these poetic devices and techniques:
- Simile
- Personification
- Onomatopoeia)
- Sonnet
- Volta
- Half-rhyme
- Assonance
- Sibilance
- Fricatives
- Caesura
- Enjambment
- Rhyme scheme
- Metaphor
- Iambic pentameter
- Consonance