How does Owen Sheers present feelings about conflict in the poem Mametz Wood?
Sheers presents conflict through the juxtaposition of images of nature and unnatural warcraft in Mametz Wood. In the second Stanza, Sheers describes the remnants of the soldiers’ bodies through the metaphor ‘broken bird’s egg of a skull’.
Who won the battle of Mametz Wood?
| Capture of Mametz | |
|---|---|
| Battle of the Somme 1 July – 18 November 1916 | |
| Date 1 July 1916 Location Picardy, France 49°59′52″N 02°44′13″E Result British victory | |
| Belligerents | |
| British Empire | Germany |
How many soldiers lined up to fight at Mametz Wood?
However, strong fortification, machineguns and shelling killed and injured over 400 soldiers before they reached the wood.
Why is winter Swans set in winter?
“Winter Swans” is set outside by a lake after a period of heavy rain. This natural setting is important, because it’s through the observation of nature that the poem’s couple comes to see the value of their love.
What does the poem Mametz Wood focus on?
The poem, Mametz Wood, focuses on the memories of the soldiers, the way that they are brought freshly into our imagination as the farmer’s ploughs turn over the soil with pieces of bone.
What did Sheers write about in Mametz Wood?
Sheers wrote ‘Mametz Wood’, reflecting on the death and remains of solders in World War One contrasted to Hughes who wrote’ Bayonet Charge’ after war but set it during war, presenting the uncertainty of the soldiers. Having the two poems set in different times, contrasts how World War 1 is presented both during and after.
How are futility and Mametz Wood similar?
They both concern the deaths of ordinary people in the war. They both contrast the connection between death, and the earth, with Mametz wood focusing of the farmers discovering the dead, and futility is angry because nature seemingly doesn’t care about all this death and destruction.
Are there any references to combat in Mametz Wood?
There are no specific references to combat, like talking about bullets, and artillery shells, but more the effects of them, ‘the blown and broken bird’s egg of a skull’, which suggests how useless the skull is against a bullet.