ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH
Lesson Intention:
●es
What is the poem Anthem for
Doomed youth about?
● What poetic techniques did
Owen use to convey his views
about war?
Success Criteria:
● Re-create the poem Anthem for
Doomed Youth as a photo
essay.
● Analyse the poem through
scaffolding techniques
Alan Liu, the artist for the image on the previous
slide, uses visual literacy to convey important
information about the poem.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS POEM IS ABOUT?
ANTHEM OF DOOMED YOUTH
The video we watched on the previous slide shows a
different representation of the poem.

● DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SAW THROUGH THIS

REPRESENTATION? WHAT DID YOU HEAR? Do
you think that this type of music was the right choice
for this poem?
● WHAT sound did the video begin with? Why do you
think that is?
● What do you think the poem is about?
Listen to the poem and read it.

● What tone does it have?

● What is the structure of the poem?

Match the following terms to their meaning:
1. Doomed a) Are used to announce death
2. Passing bells b) Rushed
3. Patter out c) Rapidly speak
4. Hasty d) Cursed
5. Orisons e) High pitched
6. Shrill f) Crazy, sounds mad
7. Demented g) Explosives
8. Shells h) Prayers
9. Bugles i) Small trumpet used to mark the day in
10. Sad shires barrack
11. Pallor j) Paleness of complexion
12. Pall k) The cloth placed over a coffin as it arrives
in church
l) References to the places the soldier could
have come from.
 IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING POETIC DEVICES IN THE POEM. Visit the following website
https://genius.com/Wilfred-owen-anthem-for-doomed-youth-annotated
https://www.ukessays.com/essays/english-literature/the-poem-anthem-for-doomed-youth-
english-literature-essay.php
EXPLAIN each line of the poem. Write your answers either in your booklet or in your exercise
book.
Assonance

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Repetition

Personification

Simile

Metaphor
 ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

— Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,—
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
There are many religious references in the poem.
Can you identify them?
Throughout the poem, Owen draws the comparison of a traditional funeral as
opposed to dying on the battlefield. What are they?
Traditional Funeral Funeral at the battlefield
RECREATE this poem as a photo/video essay. You
must include the following:
● Metaphor
● Simile
● No more than 10 words
● Personification
● Juxtaposition
● Allusion/contradiction
● Your own recording of the poem
Canva is an excellent tool if you decide to make a
poster.
EExample of a visual representation using ‘Dulce et Decorum EST’