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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.
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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
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