you or soldiers serving for their countries and then there can be bad war. Now here is an example of good war. In his poem “Dulce el Decorum Est.” Wilfred Owen shows obscene‚ bitter‚ and how sick war can be. Its four stanzas are filled with a strong statement that grabs the readers’ attention. “He plunges at me uttering‚ choking‚ and drowning” (Ferguson) the poet states. This assertion reflects Wilfred’s life at war‚ with a guy suffering from a type of gas that does things to your face and asking
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the existence of the human race. Techniques such as juxtaposition‚ similes and metaphors are also employed into the poems of “Anthem for Doomed Youth‚ Dulce et Decorum et Est and Futility” to create the atmosphere needed for each poem. This atmosphere creates various emotions especially to emphasize the horrific outcomes of war. “Dulce et Decorum Est” is a dramatic and descriptive poem‚ detailing the event in the perspective of Owen’s experiences. The patriotic view that fighting for one’s country
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English 10 30 November 2014 Compare and Contrast Literary Analysis Poetry has often been used as a way to record and reflect on events throughout history. War is an everlasting part of history and its impact is still felt through poetry. While “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen and “Five Day Requiem for Vietnam” by Nan Braymer both use dramatic diction to convey the theme that individuals should accept responsibility for their actions‚ Owen favors similes to express the agony of the soldiers and Braymer
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The First World War was a time of great loss of life and bloodshed. Wilfred Owen‚ a soldier fighting with the British Army‚ wrote the poem Dulce et Decorum est to describe‚ possibly to the public‚ the horrific consequences of taking part and fighting in the war. During the poem‚ he describes the aftermath of a poison gas attack‚ and the injuries sustained by a soldier whom had inhaled the deadly substance. Owen uses gruesome imagery to vividly show in verse the horrible death the soldier faces‚ in
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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. "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner‚" by Randall Jarrell speaks of both the futility of life and the callousness of war. The ball turret gunner had perhaps the most dangerous job of the crew. Once inside the ball turret‚ the gunner had little room to move and was very cramped. In this cramped space‚ the gunner
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War transforms soldiers‚ breaking them physically and mentally: ’Bent double’ ’Knock-kneed’. Rather than glorious men‚ Owen presents the soldiers as weakened old ’hags’. * The experience of war is something no soldier can escape: ’In all my dreams‚ before my helpless sight‚ / He plunges at me’. * The effect of gas used in World War One is communicated to the reader through Owen’s use of verbs linked to death by a lack of oxygen: ’guttering‚ choking‚ drowning’‚ ’smothering’. * Owen offers
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Compare How War is Portrayed in the Poems Dulce et Decorum Est **and Five Ways to Kill a Man Both Owen’s Dulce et Decorum Est and Brock’s Five Ways to Kill a Man portray war in a bad light. How they achieve this objective however differs from each other vastly. Owen’s poem is a first-hand account of a gas attack in the First World War. Brock’s poem is a far removed spectator view of war throughout the ages. Owen’s poem uses vivid imagery and strong emotions to attack the fallacies of war‚ while
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brutality of war. His perceptive descriptions capture the true realities of war in a powerful and emotive way and could be representative of any war. The exploration of the horror of war through the power of poetry is effectively shown through ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ through the ironic old world view of the glory of serving one’s country and ‘Anthem of Doomed Youth’ which focuses on the tragedy of the lack of recognition given to those that die on the battlefield. Wilfred Owen’s own experience allows
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alternate lines rhyme in most all of his poems for example in "The send off" The 1st line ends in way and the 3rd in gay. This is repeated with other rhyming words all through the poem. On the 7th and 9th lines the rhyme is tramp and camp. In "Ducle et decorum est" we can see the same format of rhyming. The end of each alternate line rhymes i.e. the ends of the 1st and 3rd lines in this case sacks and backs‚ and the end of the 9th and 10th lines fumbling and stumbling. <br> <br>Both these poems were written
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his purpose by using the word "Anthem" which is an important sacred song. However‚ it has a touch of irony in it‚ as the word a"Anthem brings to mind a country’s national anthem‚ which gives thoughts of hope and glory. There is no hope or glory in this poem. With the phrase "Doomed Youth" he believes the soldiers have no hope of survival‚ a whole generation are destined to die right from the outset. Owen explores the monstrosity of war in various examples of comparison‚ the first in the opening line
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