Anthem for A doomed Youth Unpacked
by john mason
1. DICTION
1.1. "stuttering rifles rapid rattle"
1.2. "monstrous anger"
2. STRUCTURE
2.1. Rhyme Scheme
2.1.1. Rhyming couplets for 1st stanza
2.1.2. Rhyming triplets and couplets in 2nd stanza
2.2. Last line of 1st stanza is the turning point. "VOLTA"
2.2.1. "And bugles calling for them from sad shires"
2.3. Starts both stanzas using rhetorical question
3. CONNECT TO QUESTION
4. VOCAB
5. THEME CONTEXT PLOT
5.1. War
5.2. Mourning
5.3. People at home - Feelings
5.4. Death and Loss
5.5. WWI
5.6. 2 Verses
5.6.1. On Battlefield
5.6.2. Grieving of relatives
6. MOOD and Emotions
6.1. Sadness
6.2. Innocence
6.3. Unecessary
6.4. Horror
6.5. Frightten
7. WRITERS CRAFT
7.1. Imagery
7.1.1. Religious
7.1.2. War
7.1.3. Death
7.1.4. Innocence
7.1.5. Funeral
7.2. Figurative
7.2.1. Onomatopoea
7.2.2. Metaphor
7.2.3. Personification
7.2.4. Alliteration
7.2.5. Sibilance