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Quick Intro to

John Scott

Plenary

John Scott didn't condone any violence!

The poem 'The Drum' is about war. It's still popular, and was reprinted many times during the subsequent wars with France!

Starter Activity:

Scott presents his ideas by creating strong and powerful images using personification to achieve this when it says "and all that misery hand bestows"

*Why do you think the last line of each stanza has a different number of

syllables to the other lines (ten syllables rather than eight)? What is the

effect of this choice? (Hint - could you relate it back to the ‘discordant’

nature of the drum and to Scott’s feelings about war?)

Peer assess your partners work

Using the sheet given to you, HIGHLIGHT/TAKE A NOTE OF what you believe is important information relating to the structure in the poem.

The Drum- By: John Scott

When you read the poem out to yourself, you'll see that there are eight

syllables on each line, apart from in the last lines of each stanza, which

each have ten syllables.

• This eight syllable line structure is called iambic tetrameter.

• An iamb is a pair of syllables in which the second syllable is always

stressed (e.g. da - DUM). But an ‘’ means that there

are four of these two syllable pairs in each line (e.g. da-DUM da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM) e.g.

‘I hate that drum’s discordant sound.’

When you read the poem, you will find that the syllables in

bold are the ones that you naturally stress.

• Scott uses repetition of key lines and ideas e.g. “I hate that drum’s

discordant sound” is repeated. There is also repetition in “parading round,

and round and round.”

Learning Objectives:

  • To be able to IDENTIFY the structure within the poem 'The Drum'.
  • To be able to ANSWER a past paper question on the drum.
  • To be able to PEER ASSESS a sample answer using a mark scheme.

Thank you for your cooperation and for listening!

By Julianah,Maria O & Lolade

Structure of The Drum

The poem contains two stanzas of eight lines each.

Scott uses rhyming couplets (i.e. AA BB CC DD)

*A Rhyming Couplet is two lines of the same length, that rhyme and complete one thought.

“I hate that drum’s discordant sound, A

Parading round, and round and round, A

To thoughtless youth it pleasure yields, B

And lures from cities and from fields, B

To sell their liberty for charms, C

Of tawdry lace, and glitt’ring arms; C

And when Ambition’s voice commands, D

To march, and fight, and fall in foreign lands. D

The Drum - By: John Scott

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