Quote Bank (Junior Cert English): Flashcards
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Tone in opening line
Tone in opening line
Satirical
Rank Sassoon imagines
Rank Sassoon imagines
Major
'Guzzling & gulping' shows officers'
'Guzzling & gulping' shows officers'
Luxurious & indulgent lifestyle
'Speed glum heroes' reveals officers'
'Speed glum heroes' reveals officers'
Callousness
Literary device: 'youth stone dead'
Literary device: 'youth stone dead'
Metaphor
'youth stone dead' emphasises
'youth stone dead' emphasises
Tragic & senseless loss of life
Literary device: 'die—in bed'
Literary device: 'die—in bed'
Irony
Irony in 'die—in bed'
Irony in 'die—in bed'
Officers' safe death vs soldiers' grim fate
'Reading Roll of Honour' shows
'Reading Roll of Honour' shows
Superficial acknowledgment & detachment
Main contrast in poem
Main contrast in poem
Officers' luxury vs soldiers' suffering