Brief Analysis: WWI Poetry
Directions
Please select 1 (one) of the assigned poems from the readings, Readings & Video Lectures: Wilfred Owen & Siegfried Sassoon
Review the example journal below for formatting, documentation, inclusion of research, thesis statement, and building from the definition of the controlling idea to analyze the poem in supporting paragraphs
Use assigned research to define the controlling (main) idea = literary theory = as an approach to interpret the poem. Here is a lecture on combat gnosticism (Links to an external site.) just in case you missed it last week). Although you can use other controlling ideas presented in this week’s readings.
Analyze 1-3 parts of the poem through the controlling (main) idea
