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Flashcards by louisaodell, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by louisaodell
about 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is the poem Futility about? | The poem is about an injured, probably dead soldier. |
| Where is it set? | It's set in France during the First World War. |
| What does the poet question about life in the poem? | The poet questions what the point of life being created if it can be destroyed so easily. |
| What makes the poem seem less formal and more conversational? | The fact that the poet uses mainly half-rhymes (like "seeds" and "sides") rather than full rhymes. |
| What does each stanza begin with? | Each stanza begins with a command. |
| What is the first stanza a practical instruction about? | The first stanza is a practical instruction about how to help the soldier. |
| What does the language become in the second stanza? | In the second stanza the language becomes more philosophical as the poet considers whether creation is worthwhile when life can be ended so quickly. |
| How does the poet use a mixture of past and present tenses? | The poet uses a mixture of past and present tenses to show the contrast between the soldier's life at home and his current situation. |
| What do the repeated references to waking emphasise? | The repeated references to waking emphasise the contrast between awake and alive and being paralysed or dead. |
| How is nature personified? | Nature is personified as powerful but helpless in the face of war. |
| Why does the language in the poem become more Biblical and philosophical? | The language becomes more Biblical and philosophical as the poet reflect on what has happened. |
| What does the reader feel when the poet addresses the reader directly? | It makes the reader feel more emotionally involved with the poem. |
| What does the poem contain that challenges the reader to think about why the soldier's life has been wasted? | The poem contains commands and questions. |
| What emotion is shown when the poet uses a kind and respectful to to talk about the soldier? | Sympathy. The poet is sympathetic to the soldier. |
| What is the poet angry and frustrated about? | The poet feels bitter about the waste of life caused by war, and frustrated at the pointlessness of creating life for it to be destroyed by war. |
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