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 * //Anthem for Doomed Youth//** by Wilfred Owen

1. What is Owen describing in this stanza? 2. Name the poetic technique used to describe how the soldiers die. Quote it. What is the effect of this technique? 3. What do they get instead of orisons? 4. What do they get instead of choirs? 5. Owen uses the word ‘mockeries’ in line 5. Why do you think he believes it would be a mockery if the soldiers were given a real ceremony?
 * Part One**

There is a feeling of grief and bitterness in part one. The poet uses sound devices to appeal to our sense of hearing. 6. Find and quote an example of alliteration. What is the effect of this? 7. Why does Owen use the word stuttering? What is this technique?


 * Part Two**

1. What is this stanza about? 2. What will there be instead of candles? A pall? Flowers? 3. What is meant by the last line? What technique is used?