While- reading
Exercise n. 1
1. Who do "you" and "us" (line 1) refer to?
2. What attitude do women have towards the men fighting the war
3. What do they do at home in the meantime=
4. Is the poem about "real" war or "reported" war?
Exercise n. 2
Some aspects of the reality of war are mentioned in the poem under the following headings
home on leave:.........
wounded in a mentionable place: ............
tales of dirt: ..............
hell's last horror:.........
trampling the terrible corpses:.........
Post-reading
Images of war are very frequent on television or in films. Compare the impact of images with that of words. Which means is most effective, the visual or the verbal? Can you provide an example?
