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    1914 - Reading: 1914 (By Wilfred Owen)

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    The poem describes how World War I has plunged the world into a dark winter. It uses alliteration and assonance to emphasize the harsh sounds of war, like the 't' sounds in 'centred at Berlin' and 'perishing great darkness'. This cacophony reveals the author's intention to convey the horrors of war.

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    1914 - Reading: 1914 (By Wilfred Owen)

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    The poem describes how World War I has plunged the world into a dark winter. It uses alliteration and assonance to emphasize the harsh sounds of war, like the 't' sounds in 'centred at Berlin' and 'perishing great darkness'. This cacophony reveals the author's intention to convey the horrors of war.

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    The poem describes how World War I has plunged the world into a dark winter. It uses alliteration and assonance to emphasize the harsh sounds of war, like the 't' sounds in 'centred at Berlin' and 'perishing great darkness'. This cacophony reveals the author's intention to convey the horrors of war.

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    1914 - Reading

    1914 (by Wilfred Owen)


    War broke: and now the Winter of the world
    With perishing great darkness closes in.
    The foul tornado, centred at Berlin,
    Is over all the width of Europe whirled,
    Rending the sails of progress. Rent or furled
    Are all Art's ensigns. Verse wails. Now begin
    Famines of thought and feeling. Love's wine's thin.
    The grain of human Autumn rots, down-hurled.

    For after Spring had bloomed in early Greece,


    And Summer blazed her glory out with Rome,
    An Autumn softly fell, a harvest home,
    A slow grand age, and rich with all increase.
    But now, for us, wild Winter, and the need
    Of sowings for new Spring, and blood for seed.

    War broke: and now the Winter of the world


    English A L&L HL – First assessment 2021
    Elisa Kolya
    With perishing great darkness closes in.

    “War broke”. What are the possible meanings of “broke” in this


    short sentence? Why do you think the poet chose this verb?

    (Type your response here)

    Identify one example of alliteration and one of assonance in the


    two verses above. What purpose do you think they serve?

    (Type your response here)

    Cacophony makes use of connotative sounds to create disgust,


    frustration, or interest in the reader with loudness, noisiness,
    and energy in hard consonant sounds such as:
    - hard t
    - hard d
    - hard st sound in “stupid.”
    - hard k and c sounds
    - hard b
    - hard sk
    - hard p

    Can you identify the use of cacophony in the first verses of 1914?
    What are they? In a poem about the horrors of war, what might the
    use of cacophony reveal about the author’s intention?

    (Type your response here)

    POST-READING
    English A L&L HL – First assessment 2021
    Elisa Kolya
    What is the connection among the 04 seasons, Greece, Rome and war?
    (Type your response here)

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    English A L&L HL – First assessment 2021


    Elisa Kolya

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