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    and die in war (Cummings‚ 896). Brian Turner in his poem “Jundee Ameriki” is able to show part of the true cost of war‚ which leads the reader to a cost-reward analysis of war (Turner‚ 1013). Wilfred Owen with eloquent wordsmithing in his poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” is able to immerse the reader in the reality of war and remove the polish from the myth that

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    Comparison of Poems

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    Poets: Wilfred Owen Rupert Brooke Poem: Dulce Et Decorum Est The soldier Similarities: - Theme - Period Theme: - War Period: - During World War 1 Differences: - Point of view - Style - Tone - Structure - Choice of Words - Description/Literary Techniques - Pace - Message to public - Impact towards humanity Point of view: - Negative towards war - Thinks that war is horrible and cruel as throughout the poem Owen makes disgusting remarks and descriptions of the war - War

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    Wilfred Owen Speech

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    Wilfred Owen Wilfred Owen criticizes war using imagery and poetic techniques to convey his feeling towards war and to try to show how young men are sacrificed‚ slaughtered‚ dehumanised and ignored for their bravery. His poems are about the suffering and horrors young men face on the battlefield‚ they are left scarred and demented by the sounds‚ horrors and fear of death. They are forced to watch their friends die in front of them and they lose their minds‚ not knowing when or how they could suddenly

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    Wilfred Owen ----------------------- Dulce Et Decorum Est Bent double‚ like old beggars under sacks‚ Knock-kneed‚ coughing like hags‚ we cursed through sludge‚ Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots But limped on‚ blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of disappointed shells that dropped behind. GAS! Gas! Quick‚ boys!-- An ecstasy of fumbling

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    figurative language; sensory imagery and tone contribute to the reader. This enables the reader to appreciate Owen’s comments about the hopelessness of war and the sacrifice the men around him went through within his poems‚ ‘Dulce et Decorum Est.’ and ‘Futility’. ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ reveals the recount before‚ during and after the WWI gas attack. Not only does Owen address the horrific images in detail through visual imagery‚ but the title acts as an ironic lie meaning: ‘it is sweet and honourable

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    himself which made him particularly noteworthy. He noted many hardships that included suffering from illnesses and the changing weather conditions. His firsthand accounts demonstrate the truth about war. In one of Wilfred Owen’s particular poems‚ “Dulce et Decorum Est”‚ he wrote with extensive imagery of the war which showed his view point as a soldier and what occurred in reality. The stanzas have a darkening mood as they go on to make the war seem very real and

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    was diagnosed as having shell shock he was sent to Craiglockhart Hydropathic (Owen‚ 2007); where this feelings of wrath were recreated on poetry‚ reflecting the bewilderment of knowing the untruth of patriotism. in his poem Dulce et Decorum est (1921). In his poem‚ Dulce et Decorum est‚ Wilfred Owed employs combat gnosticism to challenge reader’s beliefs about how war is sold to society with the idea of blind patriotism‚ leaving readers with doubt about their former

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    poem. Both Wilfred Owen’s and Sara Teasdale’s poem holds a theme of their own. We as a class read two Wilfred Owen poems‚ “Dulce et Decorum Est‚” and “Anthem for Doomed Youth‚” and one named “There will come Soft Rains‚” by Sara Teasdale. All these poems that we read have different themes and many could say that there is no similarity in between them. In the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est‚” Wilfred Owen’s theme was that“It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country.” He mentions “Many lost their boots

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    If Paul Baumer were to respond to my first essay he would strongly disagree with it. Also‚ he would disagree with the Roman’s saying‚ Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori‚ for many reasons. First‚ Paul would disagree with my first essay because soldiers detach themselves from their feelings for the sake of surviving another day in the brutal war. “Just as we turn into animals when we go up to the line‚ because that is the only thing that brings us through safely…We can do nothing else‚ it is a sheer

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    Grammar assignment 1 A 1) Does she really knows how to make an authentic Victoria sponge cake? Does she really know how to make an authentic Victoria sponge cake? √ Uregelmæssigt udsagnsord. 2) Through practice Galileo became good to observe the stars and was able to identify craters on the moon. Through practice Galileo became good to observe the stars and were able to identify craters on the moon. 3. person ental. 3) The long-term consequences of sleeping too little is still unclear

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