11×7 and 11y8 have completed the first lesson looking at August 6, 1945.
Powerpoint can be downloaded here:
How did we feel about the poem? First reactions to the ideas of the poem?
Key Questions to think about:
- Why is nature and natural imagery used so much within the poem?
- What and where is the main contrast in ideas, viewpoint and imagery?
- How does the poet feel at the time compared to later on in his life?
- How does this poem compare to ‘Base Details’?