What Reward? by Winifred M. Letts (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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What does VAD stand for in the context of Letts' nursing work during WWI?
What does VAD stand for in the context of Letts' nursing work during WWI?
Voluntary Aid Detachment
Around which years was 'What Reward?' written?
Around which years was 'What Reward?' written?
1916-17
Approximately how many British soldiers were diagnosed with shell shock by 1918?
Approximately how many British soldiers were diagnosed with shell shock by 1918?
80,000
What is the central argument of 'What Reward?'?
What is the central argument of 'What Reward?'?
Society failed soldiers w/ mental injuries
How many types of casualties does the poem contrast?
How many types of casualties does the poem contrast?
Three
What does the metaphor 'flotsam of battle' suggest about shell-shocked soldiers?
What does the metaphor 'flotsam of battle' suggest about shell-shocked soldiers?
They're seen as worthless debris
What is the poem's structural form?
What is the poem's structural form?
Three quatrains with ABCB rhyme
What question does the poem repeatedly ask?
What question does the poem repeatedly ask?
'Say, what reward for him?'
To whom does the speaker make a direct appeal in the final stanza?
To whom does the speaker make a direct appeal in the final stanza?
God
What tradition in WWI poetry does Letts represent?
What tradition in WWI poetry does Letts represent?
Women's oppositional tradition