Kempner presents many stylistic and rhetorical techniques to show his thoughts about the Vietnam War. He uses vivid imagery to show the awful things he saw and experienced in his time there. He has a very negative tone throughout the whole letter and uses sarcasm intended to provoke unfavorable thoughts and opinions about the war. Kempner also utilizes a variety of different types and lengths of sentences. The graphic imagery Kempner uses to describe the scene is gruesome. He tells us of the “impenetrable
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Pomegranate Means Grenade was written by Jamaal May in 2013 as a part of his collection Hum. Jamaal May is a 34-year-old poet‚ teaching poetry to middle school children in public schools. May wrote this poem talking about how a child’s‚ Jontae‚ first amendment right was being infringed. May used very many literary devices and terms to make the reader understand his warning. The most important uses that he used was his use of diction‚ allusions and apostrophe. May certainly uses a high level of diction
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In “The Charge Of The Light Brigade‚” Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson utilizes a variety of imagery to convey pride for those who fight for their nation in times of war. Although the English faced many hardships throughout the Crimean war‚ they faced the battle with impeccable pride. For starters‚ imagery plays a major role in the poem “The Charge Of The Light Brigade.” In fact‚ without it‚ the poem would suffer from lack of engagement with the reader. Throughout the poem‚ the reader could easily visualize
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The Colonel Carolyn Forche’s “The Colonel” instantly catches the eye. The poem was written in 1978 while Forche was working in El Salvador‚ and retails a merciless meeting with its title character. The Colonel is a hard man in a violent world‚ and he cares not for the rights of the people he governs nor the fact that he is exposing his evil nature to a poet: as he says‚ “something for your poetry‚ no?” (Forche‚ 597). The poem reinforces this effect through its stark irony and short poetic flourishes
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English ETE tables and notes for assessment task 1 Main Ideas: - Futility of war - Propaganda vs. reality - Brutality of war Supporting ideas: - Hideous nature of death - Loss of innocence and life - Pre mature deaths Anthem for doomed youth Subject matter: meaningless slaughter of troops doing dirty work for the government and how they do not receive proper funeral rights Example Technique Effect Idea‚ issue‚ theme‚ notion ‘’ Anthem for doomed
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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 during the First World War and had direct experience of the terrible suffering of the troops. He begins his poems with a comment on the soldiers returning from battle
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Mark Baker’s “The Fiftieth Gate”‚ maintains the idea that there could be no avoidance of individual memory as history and memory are intertwining concepts that shape and individual’s value and their sense of justice and identity in unique and evocative ways. The journey through memory is not always a definite one‚ yet it is this encountering of memory that is often more important than establishing the veracity of memories uncovered. This idea is also demonstrated through the “Eulogy by Earl Spencer”
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Owens poetry is a passionate expression of outrage at the horrors of war and of the pity for the young soldiers scarified in it‚ this is shown though a variety of poetic techniques. Owen explores the physical horror that war represents in “Dulce et Decorum Est”‚ this poem condemns those who glorified the war and tempted men to join the army with heroic rhetoric and looks at the realistic physical outcome of war. In “Disabled” Wilfred conveys the physical and long lasting effects that war leaves on
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Although WW I and WW II poems have the same theme‚ which is war‚ we can see how they have many differences. To begin with‚ all WWI poems seem to focus on the battles of the war itself and the horrifying experiences the soldiers have to cope with. WWII poems have a more deep approach‚ they have a more psychological point of view and usually the poems are set before or after a battle. In these poems the battlefield is not the main focus of the poem‚ but the feeling or ideas of the speaker itself. Another
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The conclusion of "The Locket" was not predictable at all. As first reading the book‚ it was surprising and emotional. It was under the impression‚ Edmond had died on the battle field. As well it is recalled‚ that when Octavie sat in the cabriolet‚ I thought she was on her way to pay respect to Edmond. The author held readers suspense as she describes the details of the battle field before the locket was found‚ the letter the priest sent‚ and the ride to Edmond. The story was not predictable
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