Dead Man's Dump by Isaac Rosenberg (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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When was Dead Man's Dump written?
When was Dead Man's Dump written?
May 1917
Define: limber wagon
Define: limber wagon
Wheeled vehicle for transporting supplies
Length of Dead Man's Dump
Length of Dead Man's Dump
85-line free verse
Rosenberg's social background
Rosenberg's social background
Working-class Jewish autodidact from East End slums
Metaphor for soul in death
Metaphor for soul in death
Soul's sack emptied of God-ancestralled essences
Number of stanzas
Number of stanzas
12
Rosenberg's age at death
Rosenberg's age at death
28
Critic who called Rosenberg's work 'too crude'
Critic who called Rosenberg's work 'too crude'
Edward Marsh
Theme: mechanised...
Theme: mechanised...
Dehumanisation and indifference
Three-part tone shift
Three-part tone shift
Horrified awe → anguished interrogation → resigned pathos