In today's society, war is often perceived as glorious and mighty. Many movies leave out scenes of young soldiers throwing their lives away and thousands of people dying systematically in unheroic deaths. The poems, "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" and "Dulce et Decorum est" attempt to touch on the issues of war. In these poems, the narrators uses imagery, diction and sorrow to show the brutality and sorrow of war.…
Another similarity between the two poems is the use of the structure to represent the feelings of the speaker.…
In Wilfred Owen’s poem, “Dulce et Decorum Est” he reveals an authentic view of war drawing from his personal experiences. This poem details the horrors of war through the eyes of a soldier painting a vivid image of these miserable beings stripped of their humanity. Readers can envision the sleep-deprived and contorted figures of the soldiers as they lose all of their senses trudging along the engulfing sludge. Owen also details the surroundings meticulously. Gas shells are dropping behind the troops as they are disoriented in the “dim… misty panes and thick green light”. Even after this battle occurs, Owen is haunted by the scenes he witnessed in the war. Owen recalls his dreams of seeing a helpless man plunging towards him as he is writhing in pain with blood gargling from his lungs. The final line of the poem “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” translates to it is sweet and glorious to die for one’s country. At the underlying meaning, this poem tackles the issue of honor and…
Although both 'Dulce et Decorum Est' and 'Who's for the Game' were written during the great war, both poem had opposing view points. Both Wilfred Owen and Jessie Pope were inspired to write due to the war but Wilfred Owen fought in the western front while Jessie Pope stayed in the comfort of the home front. 'Who's for the Game' gave young men false impressions of war while 'Dulce et Decorum Est' showed readers the grim realities of war.…
First, when read out loud, these two poems flow very differently and have different rhythms. Their accents and pauses come in all different places, this due to two…
Who wants to go to war? No one with the capability to comprehend words! In “Dulce et Decorum Est” and “Who’s for the Game?” talk about war in different ways, either warning about what happens to people, or praising the ones who go and survive. In “Dulce et Decorum Est” Wilfred Owen talks about all the death and pain and suffering that comes with war. In “Who’s for the Game?”…
The government tried conscriptions, which backfired on them greatly. Protests started and the people were standing up against the war. The battles may have been fought by soldiers, but the war was played by politicians. This war showed that it didn’t bring disgrace to your family if you didn’t fight, but rather showed your ability to keep up what the politicians were spouting; and in some cases if you went to war people would disrespect you for that choice. The history behind these two poems are overwhelmed with war and all its horrors.…
These poems were authored during the First World War and the American civil war. I will be in a position to demonstrate that despite the lethalness of the wars which involved great loss of human life and massive property destruction, the lack of an objective…
The poems I have chosen to compare in this essay are Wilfred Owen's “Dulce Et Decorum Est” and Jessie Pope's “Who's For The Game?”. The two poems I have chosen to compare are both about the first world war. Yet the two poems have very different opinions on the Great War. My first poem, Dulce et decorum, is against the war and the injustice of it all. It is narrated by one of the soldiers who is fighting in the Great War and having to face the horrors of war. On the contrary my second poem, Who's for the game, is a recruitment poem.…
The fact that Dulce is written in a narrative form and is a real life…
As stated before, these two poems are very similar in a whole. They both carry a strength throughout their entire poems. The poems also shows people who are overcoming obstacles in their lives, within society, and how it effects them. The dignity and fortitude of the people develop the future of America. Both of these poems also strive to create a better society. In general, both of the poems have a deeper meaning than what is actually stated. Positive messages are also brought forth.…
In this essay I will discuss a poem about encouraging people to join the war who was written by Jessie Pope and the poem is called ‘Who’s for the Game?’ which was written during World War 1. She was an English poet, writer, journalist and she still remains best known for her patriotic motivational poems and she lived for 73 years. This poem has encouraged many young men to join World War 1 as she said you will be honoured and be glorious but not knowing how terrible the war is. This essay will discuss the sociality issue of World War 1, we will also explore the poetic devices of end rhyme and repetition and we will explore the poet’s positioning of the audience to feel to do something about it. The poem was written to encourage people to sign…
"Who's for the Game" is an optimistic take on war that generates a sense of pride and patriotism for the reader. "Dulce et Decorum Est", on the other hand, illuminates the shame regarding sending soldiers to war and the horrors that soldiers must go through to defend the country. Each poem addresses the topic in its own unique way. The topic, war, has been tackled in movies, TV shows, and literature. Every rendition seems to take a new approach, and not all are similar. War has been and continues to be a subject of either pride or shame for humanity. It will continue with few changes, but the way we perceive it can change. Poems like "Dulce et Decorum Est" remind us about what war truly is, and it gives us a reason to not fight in harmful, petty…
In my presentation I will be comparing two poems about war Dulce Et Decorum Est and The Charge Of The Light Brigade.I will be answering the question of how the poets have explored different perspectives on the some topic in their respective texts. In my presentation I will be analising the techniques the poets used and then comparing differences and similarities. a “The Charge of the Light Brigade” and “Dulce et Decorum Est” are both war poems written through the eyes of two different poets Alfred Lord Tennyson and Sir Wilfred Owen. Sir Wilfred Owen wrote his poem from the front line and that explains why he is so critical about England's war effort, and that it was wrong to tell young people to fight for your country because it is not glamorous and noble to wrong and terrifying. While Alfred Tennyson wrote his poem in the comfort of his house inspired by a newspaper article. They each view war differently, one seeing it as brave way to die for your country and the other describes it as a tragic way to die for your country. These two different perspectives are communicated through the use of literary devices.…
‘Who’s for the game’ is a conversational poem through which Jessie Pope’s representation of war encapsulates the jingoistic opinion of her culture: that war was fun, jovial and full of glory that any young man could earn if only he had the courage.…