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This is no petty case of right or wrong
- "this is no case of petty right and wrong"
- - presents Thomas on a third side
- "Petty" petulant, he is belittling the argument of debate
- suggesting that the
men were forced to
be patriotic.
- - presents Thomas on a third side
- Structure
- free verse
- one stanza- mimics a rant or speech
- one stanza- mimics a rant or speech
- Iambic pentameter
- portrays rhythm of speech
- rhythm of drums-
patriotism
- rhythm of Shakespeare-
- portrays rhythm of speech
- cohesion
through
rhyme- some
kind of framing
- free verse
- "to please newspapers"
- He is criticising the
media's representation
of the war
- Could perhaps be a response to the
likes of Jessie Pope and her poem
“Who’s for the Game?” and various
other jingoist writers of the time.
- Could perhaps be a response to the
likes of Jessie Pope and her poem
“Who’s for the Game?” and various
other jingoist writers of the time.
- arguing for a quieter form of
patriotism which deals with the love
for the earth in which he was born.
- "grow hot with love of English men"
- that patriots have almost a
false love for their country, as
they only love England as to
please the newspapers, and
therefore have a blind loyalty
to England. The beginning of
the poem therefore has an
almost contemptuous,
scornful, angry tone.
- that patriots have almost a
false love for their country, as
they only love England as to
please the newspapers, and
therefore have a blind loyalty
to England. The beginning of
the poem therefore has an
almost contemptuous,
scornful, angry tone.
- He is criticising the
media's representation
of the war
- "banging a gong"
- ambiguous, referring to the Kaiser
- who is made to look ridiculous
- idea is ludicrous- he is making a
lot of noise but not doing anything
- He is being critical
- He is being critical
- idea is ludicrous- he is making a
lot of noise but not doing anything
- who is made to look ridiculous
- ambiguous, referring to the Kaiser
- "two witches cauldrons roar"
- It is as though he is watching a storm
- empathising the ferocity of the hatred
- witches, magic and the supernatural =
all beyond our control- perhaps
suggests the war/ patriotism is irrational
- he has unwilllingly
been dragged into
the war-
- he has unwilllingly
been dragged into
the war-
- It is as though he is watching a storm
- was written on 26th December 1915
- written After an argument with his Father
- conventional
patriot who
demonised the
Germans.
- accused of not
being patriotic
- conventional
patriot who
demonised the
Germans.
- enlisted and so
joined the Artists
Rifles on July 1915.
- Edward Thomas had been
serving in the army for just over
six months. he worked as a map
reading instructor
- Edward Thomas had been
serving in the army for just over
six months. he worked as a map
reading instructor
- written After an argument with his Father
- Links to other poems
- unlike the teams head's brass and ...
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- unlike the teams head's brass and ...
- " She is all we know and live by"
- Personification of England at the end
- returning to something he loved
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- returning to something he loved
- Personification of England at the end
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