Disabled Wilfred Owen Analysis
Wilfred Owen achieves to capture the atrocities of war through these rhythmical literary pieces which convey an anti-war sentiment. The poems most brilliantly, accurately and informatively epitomize the terrible aftermath of war through the present life of an injured soldier to his past hopes and accomplishment in ‘Disabled’ and further explore the horrors and fears of being a combatant in this this military engagement in ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’. Even though the poet died in WWI he will still remain ‘the medium through whom the missing spoke’ as the writer Geoff Dyer stated, as his ageless pieces of writing continue to greatly impact people now.
‘Disabled’ accomplishes to arouse feelings in the reader even in the very first line as the soldier …show more content…
In a weak state of drunkenness ‘That’s why; and may be, too, to please his Meg;’ the line conveys his drunken state as the use of caesura with the short words, and commas as if he is slurring drunkenly trying to justify his actions unable to make any sense. Seeking for affection in women that will now ‘touch him like a queer disease’ and eyes ‘passed from him to the strong men that were whole’ showing that his body isn’t the only thing that is not in its wholeness but his disposition has changed dramatically as his former beliefs now seem like elusive …show more content…
The comparison to the devil in ‘his hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin’ where the hyperbole is used to highlight the true horror of war, this reveals a picture which is unfathomable to the human brain, and is further emphasised by the use of sibilance. Furthermore, we are exposed to the terrible image of the gas eating away at the man’s lungs ‘obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud’ within a few moments his body turns into a mass of ageing sores and the comparison is very effective in accentuating the abhorrent image as this man’s experience is as horrible as cancer.
The stark description of the soldiers face with the use of onomatopoeia and sensory language ‘at every jolt, the blood/ Come gargling from the froth corrupted lungs’ the reader is exposed to this sickening detail and can literally hear the gargling and see the absolute destruction of the human
‘Disabled’ accomplishes to arouse feelings in the reader even in the very first line as the soldier …show more content…
In a weak state of drunkenness ‘That’s why; and may be, too, to please his Meg;’ the line conveys his drunken state as the use of caesura with the short words, and commas as if he is slurring drunkenly trying to justify his actions unable to make any sense. Seeking for affection in women that will now ‘touch him like a queer disease’ and eyes ‘passed from him to the strong men that were whole’ showing that his body isn’t the only thing that is not in its wholeness but his disposition has changed dramatically as his former beliefs now seem like elusive …show more content…
The comparison to the devil in ‘his hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin’ where the hyperbole is used to highlight the true horror of war, this reveals a picture which is unfathomable to the human brain, and is further emphasised by the use of sibilance. Furthermore, we are exposed to the terrible image of the gas eating away at the man’s lungs ‘obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud’ within a few moments his body turns into a mass of ageing sores and the comparison is very effective in accentuating the abhorrent image as this man’s experience is as horrible as cancer.
The stark description of the soldiers face with the use of onomatopoeia and sensory language ‘at every jolt, the blood/ Come gargling from the froth corrupted lungs’ the reader is exposed to this sickening detail and can literally hear the gargling and see the absolute destruction of the human