Compare and Contrast Vultures by Chinua Achebe & What Were They Like by Denise Levertov.
Compare and contrast Vultures by Chinua Achebe & What Were They Like by Denise Levertov.
In both of these poems the poets are concerned with war and both poets write like they have a negative attitude towards it. Both poets talk about the presence of evil in war and what the consequences of war are later on in life. They also discuss the feelings behind war, and why we should be sympathetic for the people who were killed for no reason during these wars. I also think that both poets portray an image of violent and cruel racism within these poems, especially World War 2, which led to millions of Jews ect being killed just because they were different and didn't fit in.
Vultures...
The poem vultures by Chinua Achebe is about world war 2. The poet is writing about how Jews, gypsies and the disabled were treated. The title vultures could suggest that the Germans are nasty creatures that behave like animals. In the first 13 lines the poet has written.
In the greyness and drizzle of one despondent dawn unstirred by harbingers of sunbreak a vulture perching high on broken bone of a dead tree nestled close to his mate his smooth bashed-in head, a pebble on a stem rooted in a dump of gross feathers, inclined affectionately to hers.
For me the poem hasn't started on a good note because the poet has written the words '' In the greyness and drizzle of one despondent dawn''.
This suggests that the context of the poem might be quite grim as the colour grey is grim and the word despondent means depressing, so that in itself means that the poem could be very sad and not at all happy. The poet is using pathetic fallacy, by using the weather to describe that the events in the poem might be quite grim and upsetting. In the first 3 lines the poet has used alliteration by saying ' drizzle of one despondent dawn '. This draws the attention of the reader by making them say d-d-d. This could also mean stuttering and begging like the Jews would have done before they were killed in
In both of these poems the poets are concerned with war and both poets write like they have a negative attitude towards it. Both poets talk about the presence of evil in war and what the consequences of war are later on in life. They also discuss the feelings behind war, and why we should be sympathetic for the people who were killed for no reason during these wars. I also think that both poets portray an image of violent and cruel racism within these poems, especially World War 2, which led to millions of Jews ect being killed just because they were different and didn't fit in.
Vultures...
The poem vultures by Chinua Achebe is about world war 2. The poet is writing about how Jews, gypsies and the disabled were treated. The title vultures could suggest that the Germans are nasty creatures that behave like animals. In the first 13 lines the poet has written.
In the greyness and drizzle of one despondent dawn unstirred by harbingers of sunbreak a vulture perching high on broken bone of a dead tree nestled close to his mate his smooth bashed-in head, a pebble on a stem rooted in a dump of gross feathers, inclined affectionately to hers.
For me the poem hasn't started on a good note because the poet has written the words '' In the greyness and drizzle of one despondent dawn''.
This suggests that the context of the poem might be quite grim as the colour grey is grim and the word despondent means depressing, so that in itself means that the poem could be very sad and not at all happy. The poet is using pathetic fallacy, by using the weather to describe that the events in the poem might be quite grim and upsetting. In the first 3 lines the poet has used alliteration by saying ' drizzle of one despondent dawn '. This draws the attention of the reader by making them say d-d-d. This could also mean stuttering and begging like the Jews would have done before they were killed in