Questions+on+'The+Sentry'


 * 'The Sentry' by Wilfred Owen**

1. Where are the men in this poem?

2. What are they sheltering from?

3. What did the narrator hold in front of the sentry's eyes?

4. What was the sentry crying out at the end?

5. Describe the sentry and his actions in your own words?

6. What are the sentry's eyes compared to? Quote the words. What or how does this make you feel or see?

7. Explain in your own words what the phrase 'Let dread hark back mean'?

8. What does Owen mean when he says 'But ours had long died out'. There are two levels of meaning-explain both.

9. Explain the situation in each stanza?

10. Find examples of three different poetic techniques. Quote each and explain the effect of each.