Wilfred Owen And Slessor: A Comparative Analysis
Poets Wilfred Owen and Kenneth Slessor both explore war conflict, while also exploring the dehumanisation of soldiers and emphasising that no where it safe during the war.
Owen portrays the men to be “cringe[d] in holes” with “forgotten dreams” dis-empowering the soldiers and making them less of men or perhaps applying sympathy on them. Additionally, Owen similarly utilises inclusive language like, “we turn back on our dying” to further show and imply empathy to the soldiers for the suffering they went through. Moreover, Owen explores the lifelessness of the soldiers through the personification, the “sun smiles” and the “dawn begins to grow” creating a juxtaposition to the “unknown seamen” who have lost all human qualities. Similarly, Slessor
Owen portrays the men to be “cringe[d] in holes” with “forgotten dreams” dis-empowering the soldiers and making them less of men or perhaps applying sympathy on them. Additionally, Owen similarly utilises inclusive language like, “we turn back on our dying” to further show and imply empathy to the soldiers for the suffering they went through. Moreover, Owen explores the lifelessness of the soldiers through the personification, the “sun smiles” and the “dawn begins to grow” creating a juxtaposition to the “unknown seamen” who have lost all human qualities. Similarly, Slessor