Comparing views in ‘The Soldier’, ‘In Flanders Fields’ and ‘The Gift of India’ | English

Starter quiz

What is the most valid interpretation of 'blood' in a war poem?
- Passion
- Red
- Pain ✓
- Fragile
'Scattered like shells' is an example of ______.
- A metaphor
- A simile ✓
- Pathetic fallacy
- Personification
Match the adjective with the most appropriate connotation.
- Blood
  
  ⇔
  
  Pain or injury ✓
- Alien
  
  ⇔
  
  Something that doesn’t belong ✓
- Torn
  
  ⇔
  
  Ripped or ruined ✓
If something is 'fragile', then it is considered ______.
- Valuable
- Precious
- Tough
- Delicate ✓
What might a rhyming couplet indicate?
- Inevitability ✓
- Chaos
- Disorder
If an object is 'strewn', what is that most likely to indicate?
- That care has been taken over the object.
- That the object has been treated carelessly. ✓
- That the object is being honoured.

The mood of a poem is ______.
- the writer's intentions
- its emotional undertone ✓
- the legacy of the poem
- the analysis of language
'Being pleased with your situation and not looking to improve it' is the definition of ______.
- romantic
- content ✓
- despair
- pride
The idyllic language of Brooke's 'The Soldier' creates ______ mood.
- a pessimistic
- a romantic
- an optimistic ✓
- a grieving
A duty is ______.
- a moral or legal obligation ✓
- a pessimistic attitude
- an unusual task
- a job you want to do
Both Naidu in 'The Gift of India' and Brooke in 'The Soldier' personify their respective countries as a ______.
- 'mother' ✓
The euphonic sounds in McCrae's 'In Flanders Fields' create a ______ tone.
- soothing ✓
- harsh
- proud
- negative

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Both Naidu and Brooke personify their respective countries but they have different effects on the reader.
Both Naidu and McCrae utilise natural imagery, but they have different effects on the reader.
Thinking about poets as being in conversation with one another is a useful way of thinking about a comparative essay.

That comparative essays should only focus on the differences between poems.

The most successful comparative essays focus on both the similarities and the differences between the poems.

Attitude - The attitude of a poem is the way the writer thinks or feels about the subject they are writing about.
Mood - The mood of a poem is the emotional undertone.
Patriotic - Being patriotic means showing your love for your country.
Content - Being content means being pleased with your situation and not looking to improve it.
Duty - Duty is a moral or legal obligation or responsibility.