Belgrade THE IMPORTANCE OF STYLISTIC ELEMENTS IN THE PORTRAYAL OF THE REALITY OF THE GREAT WAR IN WILFRED OWEN ’S WAR POETRY Abstract: This paper will deal with some of Wilfred Owen’s poems by analyzing them from the stylistic aspect and showing the importance of stylistic elements for Owen’s overall thematic focus on the experience of World War One. The greatest of war poets‚ Owen was famous for his work which was characterized by his portrayal of the terrifying images of war; the loss‚ sacrifice
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There are an abundant number of poems in the selection that do convey the futility of war and some that do not at all. Wilfred Owens ’Futility’ and ’Anthem for Doomed Youth’ are examples where pointlessness of war is addressed. On the contrary‚ ’The Dead’ differs with the question given as it exalts the dead and affirms that war is a place where one can die with honour. In the poem ’Futility’ by Wilfred Owen‚ he emphasises that war is pointless and stresses that the soldiers that have died in
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Poetry Analysis 1. In stanza one‚ I notice that Wilfred Owen is putting himself in the shoes of soldiers in the war‚ he tends to describe the poor conditions the soldiers were to march in and the constant hours they were forced to stay awake. It is also mentioned that they were in a continuous flee from the bombs that were dropped‚ dropped so close that they became blind‚ deaf‚ and even bloody. In stanza two‚ the fear of the soldiers is continued as poisonous gas is released upon them
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Wilfred Owen‚ a Soldier Poet who spent time in several military hospitals after being diagnosed with neurasthenia‚ wrote the poem "Disabled" while at Craiglockhart Hospital‚ after meeting Seigfried "Mad Jack" Sassoon. A look at Owen’s work shows that all of his famed war poems came after the meeting with Sassoon in August 1917 (Childs 49). In a statement on the effect the Sassoon meeting had on Owen’s poetry‚ Professor Peter Childs explains it was after the late-summer meeting that Owen began to
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Wilfred Owen Have you ever thought about what it would feel like to be a soldier in World War 1? Well Wilfred Owen was a soldier; his poems explored the hardship of government exploitation and the horrific treatment the soldiers had to go through. The two poems Parable of the old man and the young and Anthem for doomed youth‚ talks about how war has a negative impact on our humanity. In the poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’‚ Owen conveys the futility of conflict on a bigger range. He was writing
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Futility ~ Wilfred Owen Move him into the sun - Gently its touch awoke him once‚ At home‚ whispering of fields unsown. Always it woke him‚ even in France‚ Until this morning and this snow. If anything might rouse him now the kind old sun will know. Think how it wakes the seeds‚ - Woke‚ once‚ the clays of a cold star. Are limbs‚ so dear-achieved‚ are sides‚ Full-nerved - still warm - too hard to stir? Was it for this the clay grew tall? - O what made fatuous sunbeams toil to break earth’s sleep
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Owen uses structure to present the loss of innocence of the soldiers in Anthem for Doomed Youth alongside Futility. The poem is presented in a Petrarchan sonnet form‚ which is ironic as their conventional functions are as love poems. However‚ it can be interpreted that this sonnet conveys strong emotions of fear and grief‚ reflecting the love and admiration he had for the soldiers lost. In the first eight lines (octet)‚ the soldier asks a rhetorical question in the present tense. The imitation of
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Wilfred Owen Poetry In his poetry‚ Owen explores his major theme the ‘pity of war’. He was mainly concerned with establishing the truth about war: that it was not at all glorious. He achieves this purpose through highlighting the emphatically negative aspects of war‚ including the loss of young life‚ injustice‚ lies‚ and the effect of war on soldiers and the horrors of war. Two poems that convey these areas clearly and highlight Owen’s ‘pity of war’ are ‘The Next War’ and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’
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Wilfred Owen’s poems have numerous themes that explore the negativity of war. Owens poems talk about the truth of war. The poems focus on the fear of war‚ horror‚ sacrifice‚ glory and questioning life’s purpose. . In particular‚ the poems “Mental Cases” and “Dulce Decorum Est” both strongly emphasise the reality and horrific experiences of war. Dulce Et Decorum Est shows what it was like during the war and what the soldiers experienced. Mental Cases explores the aftermath of the war and the lives
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