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Card 6
Front
what is the effect of referring to the soldiers as ‘the wasted young’
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Card 7
Front
what word in the first linje of the poem emphasises that the war has taken away the soldiers identity so they're nameless and unidentified
Back
Card 8
Front
what is the effect of referring to the soldiers shoulder blade as a 'china plate'
Back
Card 9
Front
what's the effect of 'a relic of a finger' (relic = old object and also is part of a saints body and gets worshipped)
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Card 10
Front
which quote uses alliteration to contrast the violence of the war with the fragility of a skull? (second stanza)
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Card 11
Front
what's the effect of describing the machine guns as 'nesting machine guns'
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Card 12
Front
at which point in poem does time shift back to present? (write quote)
Back
Card 13
Front
what does 'the earth stands sentinel' suggest about the earth?
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Card 14
Front
whats the effect of comparing the soldiers to 'a foreign body'?
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Card 15
Front
what's the effect of 'skeletons paused mid dance'
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