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Higher Level English Mind Map on Base Details, created by Catherine Joy on 03/04/2016.
Catherine Joy
Mind Map by Catherine Joy, updated more than 1 year ago
Catherine Joy
Created by Catherine Joy over 8 years ago
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Resource summary

Base Details
  1. Theme
    1. Anger and bitterness
      1. Anti- war poem
        1. Attacking attitudes of "Majors"
        2. Tone
          1. Sarcastic and satirical
            1. Tone of disgust
            2. Imagery
              1. "Fierce", "bald"- Tells us they are high in status and that they are older men in a comedic way
                1. "Speed glum heroes"- Rushing the real heroes to their deaths
                2. Sound
                  1. Rhyme- ABABCDCDCDEE
                    1. Alliteration “puffy petulant face” “guzzling and gargling” used when describing the majors
                    2. P.O.V
                      1. Poet imagines himself as a high ranking military officer sending young soldiers to death.
                      2. Language
                        1. "Base"- Pun. Low morals and base camp
                          1. "Scarlet Majors"- Pun. Blood on their hands and red face due to fat
                            1. Rhyming couplet
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