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5 cards from this section. Quick, good the night before a test.
State the central theme of the poem in one or two sentences.
Think of what Thetis hopes to see and what she gets instead.
What theme does the boy of stanza 8 illustrate?
Look at what the boy knows and at what he has never been told.
Which theme is shown most clearly by the contrast between Thetis's hopes and what the shield actually shows?
Think of what the pairs of stanzas do.
What does the faceless voice of stanza 3 chiefly stand for?
Notice that the voice proves its case with statistics.
Write a paragraph of about 150 words on how the poem develops the theme of dehumanisation, using at least three references to line numbers.
Move through the poem in order: the crowd, the voice, the officials and the victims, each with a line number.
Plan an essay on the statement 'Auden's poem is a lament, not a story.' Give an introduction, three body points with references to the poem, and a conclusion.
A lament expresses grief, so look for loss in the structure, the images and the ending.
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