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Study Questions and Activities<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

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General Question<\/h1>\r\n
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  1. Interestingly, Sassoon was entitled to write the initials M.C. after his name. What do these initials stand for? (Hint: it doesn\u2019t mean \u201cmaster of ceremonies.\u201d)<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    Counter-Attack<\/h1>\r\n
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    1. What does the image in line 8 of Stanza 2 describe? One critic is reminded of the Goya painting The Colossus<\/em><\/a>, which described another war scene (the Peninsular War). What do you think? <\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
    2. Note that in the published version of the poem (Collected Poems<\/em>: 1908-1956, Faber), the lines 7-13 are indented. What is the effect or purpose of this indentation?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

      The Death-Bed<\/h1>\r\n
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      1. What is the poem\u2019s setting? See stanza 3.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

        Does It Matter?<\/h1>\r\n
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        1. Who is talking?<\/li>\r\n \t
        2. What type of irony\u2014situational, dramatic or verbal, pervades the poem?<\/li>\r\n \t
        3. What are the dreams from the pit?<\/li>\r\n \t
        4. What is the poem\u2019s theme?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

          Base Details<\/h1>\r\n
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          1. Identify the speaker.<\/li>\r\n \t
          2. Why are the majors \u201cscarlet\u201d?<\/li>\r\n \t
          3. Give all noun and adjective meanings for \u201cbase.\u201d Eliminate those that are clearly unintended.<\/li>\r\n \t
          4. Define \u201cdetails.\u201d<\/li>\r\n \t
          5. Why did Sassoon use the word \u201cscrap\u201d and not \u201cbattle\u201d?<\/li>\r\n \t
          6. What is the effect of the spondaic foot (aka spondee) at line 9?<\/li>\r\n \t
          7. Why did Sassoon use the word \u201ctoddle\u201d in line 10?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

            Essay Questions<\/h1>\r\nIn a brief essay, discuss how irony contributes to theme in \u201cDoes It Matter?\"\r\n\r\nHow does diction contribute to theme in \u201cBase Details\"?\r\n\r\nContrast Sassoon\u2019s early war poem \u201cAbsolution<\/a>\u201d with any of his poems in the Oxford tutorial or from Counter-Attack and Other Poems<\/em> (Project Bartleby)\u00a0<\/a>\r\n\r\nPay particular attention to diction.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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            Resources<\/h1>\r\n