Does It Matter?

- Siegfried Sassoon
Use this powerpoint to help you answer the following questions and the table.

Task 1:
When was Siegfried Sassoon born?

Where?

What did were his poems about?

Is Sassoon for or against war? How do you know this? (3rd Slide)

Task 2: Highlight the techniques (matching colours) and then explain how they portray
a soldiers experience of war. The first one has been done for you.

Technique and Example Poem Sentence Starters + Explanation

1. Rhetorical Questions Does it matter?losing your legs?... 1. These questions challenge

For people will always be kind,
2. Sarcastic Tone And you need not show that you mind
When the others come in after hunting
3. Word Choice To gobble their muffins and eggs.
the reader to think about the
effects of war e.g. losing body
parts.
2. The sarcastic tone conveys
to the audience

3. Word choice has been used to

create

4. Repetition of Does it matter?losing your sight? 4. The repetition of the

Rhetorical Question There's such splendid work for the rhetorical questions continue
blind; to
5. Visual Imagery And people will always be kind,
As you sit on the terrace remembering 5. This technique allows the
6. Second person And turning your face to the light. audience to
pronoun
6. By using you, Sassoon puts
the reader

7. Collective pronouns Does it matter?those dreams from the 7 and 8. Sassoon has used
collective pronouns and
pit?
8. Rhetorical Questions rhetorical questions to
You can drink and forget and be glad,
9. Word Choice 9. The word pit has been used
And people won't say that you're mad;
because
10. Spiteful and For they'll know you've fought for
Sarcastic Tone 10. The poem ends with a
your country
sarcastic tone because
And no one will worry a bit.
Task 3:

Creative Task:

Create a comic that visually represents Siegfried Sassoons poem, Does It Matter?

Example: