What Reward? by Winifred M. Letts (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Author of 'What Reward?' & her WWI role
Author of 'What Reward?' & her WWI role
Winifred M. Letts, VAD nurse at Manchester Base Hospital
VAD in WWI
VAD in WWI
Voluntary Aid Detachment - volunteer nurses during WWI
Shell shock in WWI
Shell shock in WWI
Psychological trauma from trench warfare (now called PTSD)
Hospital where Letts nursed shell-shocked soldiers
Hospital where Letts nursed shell-shocked soldiers
Manchester Base Hospital
Repeated rhetorical question in 'What Reward?'
Repeated rhetorical question in 'What Reward?'
Say, what reward for him?
Metaphor for abandoned shell-shocked soldiers in poem
Metaphor for abandoned shell-shocked soldiers in poem
Flotsam of battle
Phrase for mental capacity as sacrifice in poem
Phrase for mental capacity as sacrifice in poem
Precious wits
Men executed for desertion/cowardice in WWI
Men executed for desertion/cowardice in WWI
306 men (many likely suffered shell shock)
Structure of 'What Reward?'
Structure of 'What Reward?'
Three quatrains, ballad form, ABCB rhyme scheme
Divine appeal phrase in poem's climax
Divine appeal phrase in poem's climax
O God, for such a sacrifice