Words of War

Words of War

The Poetry of WW1

World War I Poetry

• 10 million soldiers lost their lives

• seven million civilians

• poetry is one of the ways that people respond to tragedy

What is a poem?

a piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanzaic structure.

Open Ended

create your own example of alliteration.

Open Ended

Think of your own samples of assonance and rhyme

Open Ended

Write at least 10 words that comes to your mind when you think of war and everything related to it. Be sure to include nouns as well as verbs.

Open Ended

Arrange the words you have chosen previously into short, simple poetic sequence starting with the word: war and ending with the word peace. YOu could include sound pattern such as alliteration, assonance and rhyme