Wilfred Owen
What is Wilfred Owen’s attitude towards WW1 and how is this shown through his poetry?
Wilfred Owen was a soldier during world war one. Many of his poems were published posthumously, and now well renowned. His poems were also heavily influenced by his good friend and fellow soldier Siegfried Sassoon. Wilfred Owen was tragically killed one week before the end of the war. During the war Wilfred Owen had strong feelings towards the use of propaganda and war in general, this was due to the horrors he saw during his time on the frontlines. During his time on the battlefield he thought a lot about the war and the feelings he and other soldiers had, and he channelled his thoughts through poetry. In this essay I will compare ‘Dulce et Decorum est.’ and ‘Anthem of a doomed youth’.
’Dulce et Decorum est.’ and ‘Anthem of a doomed youth’ are both poems written by Wilfred Owen. ‘Dulce et Decorum est.’ is a Latin phrase meaning ‘it is sweet and right to die for ones country’, in other words it is a great honour to give ones’ life up for ones’ country, like many of Owen’s poems this title is very ironic. ‘Anthem of a doomed youth’ employs the traditional form of a Petrarchan sonnet, but it uses the rhyme scheme of an English sonnet. The poem is a comment of Owen’s rejection of his religion in 1915. The poem was refined by Owens good friend Siegfried Sassoon.
The content of ‘Dulce et Decorum est.’ has an interesting rhyme scheme which allows the reader to appreciate the poem, it is written in an Iambic Pentameter with 28 lines. The poem ‘Dulce et decorum est.’ starts by saying ‘Bent double, like old beggars under sacks...Knock kneed, coughing like hags’ these few words refer to the soldiers and how their posture was very different to how they were portrayed through the use of propaganda, it also implies the physical status of the soldiers, showing them as weak, tired and cadaverous, a contrast to the title which tells us about the glory of war.
‘Dulce et Decorum est’ tells
Wilfred Owen was a soldier during world war one. Many of his poems were published posthumously, and now well renowned. His poems were also heavily influenced by his good friend and fellow soldier Siegfried Sassoon. Wilfred Owen was tragically killed one week before the end of the war. During the war Wilfred Owen had strong feelings towards the use of propaganda and war in general, this was due to the horrors he saw during his time on the frontlines. During his time on the battlefield he thought a lot about the war and the feelings he and other soldiers had, and he channelled his thoughts through poetry. In this essay I will compare ‘Dulce et Decorum est.’ and ‘Anthem of a doomed youth’.
’Dulce et Decorum est.’ and ‘Anthem of a doomed youth’ are both poems written by Wilfred Owen. ‘Dulce et Decorum est.’ is a Latin phrase meaning ‘it is sweet and right to die for ones country’, in other words it is a great honour to give ones’ life up for ones’ country, like many of Owen’s poems this title is very ironic. ‘Anthem of a doomed youth’ employs the traditional form of a Petrarchan sonnet, but it uses the rhyme scheme of an English sonnet. The poem is a comment of Owen’s rejection of his religion in 1915. The poem was refined by Owens good friend Siegfried Sassoon.
The content of ‘Dulce et Decorum est.’ has an interesting rhyme scheme which allows the reader to appreciate the poem, it is written in an Iambic Pentameter with 28 lines. The poem ‘Dulce et decorum est.’ starts by saying ‘Bent double, like old beggars under sacks...Knock kneed, coughing like hags’ these few words refer to the soldiers and how their posture was very different to how they were portrayed through the use of propaganda, it also implies the physical status of the soldiers, showing them as weak, tired and cadaverous, a contrast to the title which tells us about the glory of war.
‘Dulce et Decorum est’ tells