WWI Poetry Project

Your next project for English will be as follows: 

Please select at least 2 WWI-era poets from the following:

* Sassoon

* Owen

* Wilfred Wilson Gibson

* W.N. Hodgson

* August Stramm

* Ernst Toller

* Gottfried Benn

Compare at least 2 of their poems and consider:

1. themes

2. poetic devices

       1. personification

       2. metaphor

       3. allegory

3. style

       1. tone

       2. depiction of the war

4. biographical details

       1. how were these poets involved in the War or pre-/post-war activities

       2. how might these affect how they wrote about the War?

You may also want to investigate the Battle of the Somme and the Battles of Ypres.

This is to be formatted on Keynote. I would start doing basic research now, and we'll talk about deadlines in the future.

If you have questions, let me know.