Anthem for doomed youth

1. The title is an anthem for doomed youth – the title is

referencing the young soldiers who died in their thousands with
no one giving them a funeral, this poem could be seen as giving
tribute to those who died, anthem - it is a song of loyalty and
devotion or a piece of music for a choir
2. ‘what passing bells for these who die as cattle’ – this shows the
narrator feels that the war kills and dehumanises the deaths of
the soldiers who die in world war one. The narrator feels that
those who die are forgotten as evidenced by no passing-bells
being rung. ‘What candles may be held to speed them all’ this
shows that

Rapid rattle – alliteration

Die as cattle – simile, cheap, expendable

1. The sonnets form – octet + sestet – is usually used for love the
poem’s form and focus is ironic, controversial and challenging.
Traditionally people did not challenge war
2. The words no and nor are repeated in succession for alliterative
effect
Orisons – prayers
Shire – region county
Pall – cloth draped on a coffin