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11×7 and 11y8 have completed the first lesson looking at August 6, 1945.

Powerpoint can be downloaded here:

L4 August 6 1945

How did we feel about the poem? First reactions to the ideas of the poem?

What has Marilyn Monroe got to do with it?

Key Questions to think about:

  1. Why is nature and natural imagery used so much within the poem?
  2. What and where is the main contrast in ideas, viewpoint and imagery?
  3. How does the poet feel at the time compared to later on in his life?
  4. How does this poem compare to ‘Base Details’?