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    Wilfred Owen‚ War Poems and Others How does Wilfred Owen explore the horror of war through the power of poetry? Throughout the several poems Wilfred Owen wrote throughout his experience during the First World War‚ he explores many themes in relation to the war and the emotions associated with these. One of the most prevalent ideas Wilfred Owen chooses to emphasise in many of his poems is that of the sense of horror associated with war and all the consequences of it such as those including death

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    How does Wilfred Owen provoke sympathy for his protagonist in ‘Disabled?’ Owen provokes sympathy for his main character throughout the book and in every stanza. In the opening stanza Owen connects the reader with the main character‚ by making the reader feel sorry for him. The boy feels as though he is ‘waiting for dark‚’ this makes the reader feel pity on the boy‚ as he knows he is waiting to die. By connecting the reader with the protagonist they feel more sympathy for him and they feel upset

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    Although the poems Recalling War by Robert Graves and Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen are both concerned with the damage that war does to the soldiers involved‚ they are different in almost every other respect. Owen’s poem examines the physical and mental effects of war in a very personal and direct way - his voice is very much in evidence in this poem - he has clearly seen people like the ’mental cases’ who are described. It is also evident that Owen’s own experiences of the war are described: he challenges

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    Analysis - "Exposure" by Wilfred Owen The poem "exposure" by Wilfred Owen is written in Winter of 1917. It portrays the message of the real enemy of the soldiers being the cold and icy conditions. Moreover‚ it provides us with a lively description of the persistent cold and awful conditions during one of the worst winters in the first world war. It shows that most of the soldiers were exposed rather than shot by enemies. The poem portrays all the opposing facts to make young men not join the war

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    and ¡§Dulce Et Decorum Est¡¨ by Wilfred Owen belongs to the second. Even though the compositions of these two poems are both based on the same subject - war‚ the composers tried to convey very different ideas‚ views and messages‚ through very different approaches. Through ¡§Dulce Et Decorum Est¡¨‚ Wilfred Owen revealed the horrendous nature of war. In order to strip war of it¡¦s apparent glory‚ Owen featured the utter degradation of war as the predominant idea‚ and approached this in the most

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    Explain the ways in which Wilfred Owen evokes feelings of pity and horror in “Disabled” Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) was an English poet and soldier‚ one of the leading poets of the First World War. Many of his poems have been praised for their bleak realism and it is also the case that his poem‚ “Disabled”‚ is observational and written in the third person from his own direct observation and experience. “Disabled” is about war‚ violence and mutilation as well as society’s reaction to this. It was

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    The title of this poem is very powerful. It tells the reader that this is a very sad poem and that by going to war death is almost certain. Sassoon has done this to give the reader an idea of war‚ and‚ as the reader reads the poem their insight into the brutality and the sorrow of war increases. The first paragraph of this poem tells of the slow death of a soldier as the sun rises. Sassoon has skilfully manipulated language and his choice of words in order to create a visual image that is slowly

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    TP-CASTT Poetry Analysis By: Matthew S. Title: Anthem for a doomed youth is a title that sounds like they think the generation that is up and coming is going to fail miserably. Paraphrase: The soldiers in war don’t get a honourable death‚ they are being killed off like how cattle are being killed of‚ for the survival of the weaker. The soldier who die’s child[ren] are the ones who know he passed‚ and know that he meant a lot‚ but will never know if he died on honourable death‚ and that’s why

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    The idea of otherness in human form Otherness is an interesting description; it means something is out of the norm‚ not something you see every day. This is perfectly demonstrated by Dracula’s personality and the way he dresses‚ and by the replicants way of thinking. Dracula has a very old appearance‚ nevertheless‚ he still looks very menacing and treacherous. In an extract of the film by Francis Ford‚ Dracula is wearing a long red cape; abnormally long. It is bright red‚ as the colour of blood

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    How does Wilfred Owen use language and poetic devices to create impact on the reader? Wilfred Owen was a British poet and soldier during the First World War and was born in 1893. Unfortunately Owen died just before the war ended on the 4th of November 1918 at the young age of 25. He was killed in action at the Battle of the Sambre just one week before the war had ended. A telegram from the War Office announcing his death was delivered to his mother’s home as her town’s church bells were ringing

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