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    ways Jessie Pope and Wilfred Owen convey the reality of war in their poetry The stories of the two poems are very contrasting‚ they oppose one another quite obviously. One about the horrors of war‚ one about how much ’fun’ it is. Both poems serve a purpose and perform to it very well‚ using all kinds of techniques to encourage or discourage young men to join the army. The storyline of ’Who’s for the game’ is telling of how great the war is and how you simply can’t

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    DISABLED POET (BACKGROUND) WILFRED OWEN ANTI-WAR POET WROTE THE POEM WHEN JOINING THE WAR WAS CONSIDERED A HEROIC ACT SOLDIER ENLISTED DURING WW1 AND SUFFERED THE BRUTALITY OF THE WAR HAD ENLISTED FOR THE WRONG REASONS MISUNDERSTOOD WAR FOR GAME SETTING WHEELED CHAIR‚ IN AA HOSPITAL IN A COLD PLACE WITH DARK IMAGES STRUCTURE IRREGULAR STANZA PATTERN (REFLECTS THE INNER STATE OF MIND) IRREGULAR RHYME SCHEME THEME DECEIVING PROPAGANDA OF WAR. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MISLED ABOUT

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    Doomed Youth’ by Wilfred Owen ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ written in 1917 by Wilfred Owen‚ is one of numerous pieces of war poetry inspired by the writer’s own personal four month war experience[1]. Through this background‚ we can appreciate the great historical significance of the piece‚ leading to the recognition of its lack of nationalism‚ and evident immorality‚ thus it’s variation to the expected ‘soldier’ attitude of ‘honour‚ glory and patriotic duty’[2] of this time period. Wilfred Owens’s open

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    War is by no means a pleasant experience‚ it is an experience that will leave you scarred mentally and physically. In Wilfred Owen’s poem‚ “Dulce Et Decorum Est‚” Wilfred tells a story of war‚ the bloody and dirty version‚ the version that will make men run from war not want to enlist and fight for their country. Wilfred explains that dying for one’s country was not as sweet as people say is it‚ war leaves people broken‚ lost‚ or dead. It is not worth the grand sacrifice of a person’s life to experience

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    How does Steinbeck Portray loneliness in the Novel? Steinbeck uses loneliness in the novel on many occasions. He uses it to shows how different people were lonely in different ways and also reveals to us about the Great Depression in American and how different ethnic races and people were affected. I my essay I am going to describe to you about have different characters in the book ‘Of Mice and Men’ were lonely and how the used dreams to get over their certain troubles. The first character I

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    Wilfred Owen’s perspective on human conflict‚ conveyed in his confronting poetry‚ has questioned and challenged our thoughts on war. In 1914 when war broke out propaganda posters advertised idealistic notions of patriotism‚ duty‚ adventure‚ honour‚ and glory. This tempted the young men to enlist. Owen felt he was more valuable as a poet‚ rather than a soldier. However‚ this quickly changed when he enlisted and saw the devastating effects of war‚ which he then saw his purpose to reveal how war dehumanises

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    Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs‚ Obscene as cancer‚ bitter as the cud/ Of vile‚ incurable sores on innocent tongues” (Lines 19-24). Wilfred Owen Dulce Et Decorum Est FUNCTION Context: Prior to the quote‚ there is an army of men who are “drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots” (Line 7). War-ridden‚ these men are suffering the costs of war‚ but the situation only gets worse for them. Suddenly‚ out of nowhere‚ Five-Nines are dropped behind them from the enemy‚ and gas spreads through

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    known petrarchan sonnet written by Wilfred Owen‚ the reader sees the horrors of war and how unfortunate it is to die in war. Owen fought in World War I and wrote this poem while in a hospital recovering from shell shock. “Anthem for Doomed Youth” solemnly discusses death in war and shows how those who die in war do not receive the normal ceremonies that are used to honor the dead. Owen was able to express how he felt about those who passed away while fighting in war‚ and he successfully communicates

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    Wilfred Owen 1 ) To this day Owen is thought of as the lead­ing poet of World War I. 2 ) Owen’s poetry was on the hor­rors of WWI‚ espe­cially trench war­fare and gas warfare. 3 ) Owen’s poetry dates back to 1903 when he was 10 years old. 4 ) The poetry Owen wrote was influ­enced by Keats and Shel­ley. Later on‚ his friend and fel­low poet Siegfried Sas­soon also had a pro­found effect on Owen’s poetic voice. 5 ) Owen never saw his own worked pub­lished other then two magazines. 6

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    Explore the ways in which each writer presents the changing fortune of their protagonist in ‘The Necklace’ and ‘Disabled’ In this essay I will compare and contrast the techniques used by Guy De Maupassant and Wilfred Owen in order to evaluate how each writer conveys the changing fate of their protagonist. Both writers show how the difference between appearance and reality can have a tragic effect on a person’s fate‚ but for the protagonists‚ the long-term consequences are different. In ‘The

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