The first five poems are all Sonnets. Sonnets
are 14 line poems written in Iambic Pentameter,
The two main forms are known as the
Petrarchan sonnet and a Shakespearean
sonnet.
Three quatrains and a
rhyming couplet. If there
is a volta, it comes before
the couplet.
Octave and a sestet with
volta, or turn/change
Romanticism
freedom of individual expression
spontaneity
sincerity
individual imagination
personal experience
emotional intensity
extremes of rapture, nostalgia and horror, or melancholy
interested in dreams/dreamstate
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) - who was born in Oswestry on the Welsh borders,
and brought up in Birkenhead and Shrewsbury - is widely recognised as one
of the greatest voices of the First World War. At the time of his death he was
virtually unknown - only four of his poems were published during his lifetime.
Owen was raised as an Anglican of the evangelical school, and in his youth
was a devout believer, in part due to his strong relationship with his
mother, which lasted throughout his life. His early influences included the
Bible and romantic poetry, particularly John Keats.
Owen worked as lay assistant to the Vicar of Dunsden near Reading. His time
spent at Dunsden parish led him to disillusionment with the Church, both in
its ceremony and its failure to provide aid for those in need.
lay - someone who does not have special knowledge of the church
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Owen
http://www.wilfredowen.org.uk/Biography
Metre
the pattern of sound units
Rhyme Scheme
the pattern of words that rhyme
rhyming consonants, not vowels
where the metre creates a 'beat'
Para Rhyme
Rhythm
Onomatopoeia
a measurement of metre
where one line needs another to
complete its meaning
a pause in the middle of a line
10 syllables, unstressed/stressed
stressed/unstressed
words that make sounds
Alliteration
repetition of consonant sounds
Assonance
repetition of vowell sounds
Foot
Enjambment
Caesura
Iambic Pentameter
Trochee
Sibilance
Personification
repetition of 's' sound
human qualities for inanimate things