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Year 9 War Poetry - Analysis & Planning Chart

Use the following chart to help you plan your analysis of one of the war poems:

Poem: ____Base Detail ________ By: ____ROSELY________

|THESIS / INTRO: (what does the|This poem is about showing us the true side of the majors. Sassoon is comparing them to children which cannot do much work by them selves and everyone around them have to help them , |
|poet attempt to achieve? What |sassoon is saying that the majors use the soldiers to make their lives better and safer. |
|is the purpose of their poem?)| |
|FOCUS |Examples / Quotations |Explanation |
| | |(What effect does this have on the reader? How does it help communicate their message?) |
| |“id live with scarlet majors at the base” |Live- and word that shows that the majors did not worry about things wile the soldier are suffering on the cold |
|P1 – Point 1: | |dirty ground. |
|Sassoon is saying that the | |Scarlet- a colour that associates with evil and greediness , this word describe the majors and who they really |
|majors had a good life even |