Attack by Siegfried Sassoon; Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen; Belfast Confetti by Ciaran Carson; No More Hiroshima’s by James Kirkup Compare and contrast the attitudes to conflict shown in three or four of these poems‚ pointing out how the poets use language to explore their ideas and emotions. Two of the poems listed above‚ attack and anthem for doomed youth are to do with things that happened during world war 1. Both Wilfrid Owen and Siegfried Sassoon were involved
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Candace Sims English 200 November 24‚ 2010 Poetry can be compared and contrasted in many ways. I have chosen to compare and contrast two poems by Siegfried Sassoon. “His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches‚ and satirized the patriotic pretensions of those who‚ in Sassoon’s view‚ were responsible for the pointless deaths of millions” (Wikipedia). His poems contains a deep meaning and an important message‚ his poetry has a passionate expression of outrage at the horrors of war and
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Rupert Brooke wrote poetry which proved that society’s high standards of masculinity were attainable. Siegfried Sassoon’s poem “Repression of War Experience” depicts how attempting to withhold a masculine image affects the thought process of shell-shocked soldiers when dealing with their memories. Greg Harris‚ a Miami University student‚ and Elaine Showalter both wrote articles pertaining to Sassoon and River’s specific instance of shell-shock treatment. Using Regeneration‚ Brooke’s and Sassoon’s works
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countries made‚ war was prolonged for longer than necessary. This is proven in a statement on behalf of soldiers by Siegfried Sassoon‚ an English soldier and poet during the First World War. Sassoon admittedly entered the war believing that the purpose was of ‘liberation and defiance’ (S‚ Sassoon) but after fighting he believed that the war had become one of ‘aggression and conquest’ (S‚ Sassoon). In his statement‚ he proclaims that the people who have the power to stop the war are prolonging it and a conclusion
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Introduction : Siegfried Sassoon’s poem‚ Suicide in the trenches‚ successfully demonstrates conflict during a world war through its form‚ meaning and structure. a STEP-UP analysis clearly reveals the conflict conveyed in this poem. Subject matter: the poem is about the depression of a young soldier. The depression of this young soldier before he commits suicide is clearly displayed in the poem. At the start of the poem‚ the image of a happy‚ young‚ and perhaps rather naïve boy is placed before
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a green sea‚ I saw him drowning" This image of a man drowning under the horrific mustard gas employed in World War One is a powerful one‚ and makes the reader‚ who likely doesn’t know of mustard gas‚ understand the horror Owen went through. Siegfried Sassoon also used the Great War’s terrible imagery in his poetry. In his poem "Prelude: The Troops" he uses short‚ simple descriptive words spread throughout a stanza to constantly reinforce the drudgery of the image he is trying to instill in the reader
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Suicide In The Trenches In my analysis‚ I will demonstrate how Siegfred Sassoon has used many different language techniques to show his perspective on the true meaning of war. For example‚ the poet has used simplistic diction that creates an image of the destruction of a “simple soldier boy”. At first we see him whistling‚ this then degrades to depression which lead him to committing suicide. Siegfred Sassoon concludes his poem with anger and a powerful message. “Sneak home and pray you’ll
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A War of Vivid Scenes Death‚ disability‚ and love the triangle of heartache. More than 9 million combatants were killed during this Great War. The questions I ask myself are do the survivors really survive after war? Or are they so tarnished with war they cannot function with daily tasks. Do the soldiers go to war knowing they are not coming back? Are they proud of what they are doing? Is it a relief to come back sooner with a limbs missing? All of these questions you too may also be asking about
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Go During WWI‚ many citizens were oblivious of the war and its imminent consequences. War poems and literature were the only effective methods to remove the distance and reveal the some of the truth. Siegfried Sassoon wrote “suicide in the trenches” as an anti war poem in the 20th century. Sassoon creates a dark atmosphere for the loss of innocence taken place during WWI in “Suicide in the Trenches” using a three-part structure to intensify the stages of trench lifestyle along with high impact images
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accounts of life and death on the battlefield. Many soldiers morale changed dramatically and you can see it in their work‚ John Silkin believes in the “Four Stages of Consciousness”. Starting with the patriotic soldier Rupert Brooke‚ moving to Siegfried Sassoon’s anger. Silkin then believes Wilfred Owen represents compassion and pity. The final stage of “Consciousness” is Isaac Rosenburg with imagination and reflection. Many of the poems written at this time were written while in Craig Lockhart
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