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WorksheetsHomecoming by Bruce Dawe
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The poem explores:
Consumerism
The bravery of soldiers
The futility of war
Connection to land
The poem was written in?
1965
1960
1970
1968
The opening lines suggest?
That the soldiers are being 'picked' to fight with the enemy
The soldiers being meaninglessly picked from the battle field and returned home
They are chosen to fight on the front line before being sent home
The soldiers are being asked to pick sides in the Vietnam war
The opening lines of the poem contain?
Repetition
Personification
Metaphor
Allusion
The title 'Homecoming' is ironic because?
The homecoming is a celebration of the end of the war
The soldiers are finally home from war
Dead bodies are returning rather than the soldiers
Home is where the heart is
The repetition of 'they're' in the opening lines is also called?
Imagery
Extended metaphor
personification
anaphora
The sorrowful tone of the poem implies:
that the soldiers were victorious in war
that war has stripped the soldiers of their identity
the soldiers feel sad
The war was worth fighting
The main theme in the poem is?
bravery
dehumanisation
courage
death
The second stage of the poem reflects on?
loss of young life
the global nature of war
the colour of the ocean
the sound of the jet engine
The final line, 'they’re bring them home, now, too late, too early' is?
sensory imagery
emotive language
a paradox
metaphor
