Starter quiz
- A ______ is a group of words or expressions that are related in meaning.
- 'semantic field' ✓
- Imagery is...
- giving human characteristic to non-human objects
- words that create a vivid picture in the reader’s mind ✓
- to remember something
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- In 'Mametz Wood', Sheers shows that war not only impacts people but also...
- 'nature' ✓
- What is the definition of 'legacy'?
- to pay your respects to someone
- when something is evidence or proof of something
- the long-lasting impact of a set of events/ what is left behind ✓
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- In 'Mametz Wood' how many bodies were found according to the speaker?
- 20 ✓
- 38
- 18
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- If something is fragile it is....
- easily broken ✓
- tough and hardy
- valuable
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Exit quiz
- Match the keywords to their definition.
- legacy⇔the long-lasting impact of a set of events/ what is left behind ✓
- brutality⇔extremely violent and destructive ✓
- imagery⇔words that create a vivid picture in the reader’s mind ✓
- testimony⇔when something is evidence or proof of something ✓
- commemorate⇔to remember something or someone and pay respect to it/them ✓
- What does Sheers' use of imagery in 'Mametz Wood' show?
- what a senseless waste of life war is ✓
- how brave and heroic the soldiers were
- the soldiers gaining the upper hand was worth the loss
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- In what way could the soldiers in 'Mametz Wood' be said to be valuable?
- The land that the soldiers were found on is now very valuable.
- The soldiers had a lot of potential they they never got to realise. ✓
- The soldiers were very wealthy and owned a lot of land.
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- In 'Mametz Wood' Sheers compares the soldiers’ bodies to beautiful, but very ______ objects.
- 'fragile' ✓
- Why might Sheers have wanted to write 'Mametz Wood'?
- to criticise the soldiers who died
- to commemorate the soldiers who died ✓
- to identify the soldiers who died
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- Sheers uses a ______ of fragility in 'Mametz Wood' to demonstrate how delicate the soldiers were versus the brutality of war.
- 'semantic field' ✓
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Key learning points
- Sheers uses a semantic field of fragility to demonstrate how delicate the soldiers were versus the brutality of war.
- The poet compares the soldiers’ bodies to beautiful, but very fragile objects.
- Sheers uses imagery to illustrate what a senseless waste of life war is; he illustrates the devastating legacy of war.
- The poet uses the poem to show us how war affects not only people, but nature too.
- Arguably, the poem itself is a memorial to commemorate the Welsh soldiers of the 38th division.
Common misconception
Students fail to recognise that the poem itself is a kind of memorial for the 38th division in the Battle of Mametz Wood.
The poem immortalises the Welsh soldiers in the 38th division, who lay undiscovered for decades, their stories untold. In this sense, the poem itself has become these soldiers' legacy.
Keywords
Legacy - the long-lasting impact of a set of events/ what is left behind
Brutality - extremely violent and destructive
Imagery - words that create a vivid picture in the reader’s mind
Testimony - when something is evidence or proof of something
To commemorate - to remember something or someone and pay respect to it/them
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