Poets Wilfred Owen and Kenneth Slessor both explore war conflict‚ while also exploring the dehumanisation of soldiers and emphasising that no where it safe during the war. Owen portrays the men to be “cringe[d] in holes” with “forgotten dreams” dis-empowering the soldiers and making them less of men or perhaps applying sympathy on them. Additionally‚ Owen similarly utilises inclusive language like‚ “we turn back on our dying” to further show and imply empathy to the soldiers for the suffering they
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It is brutal and horrific to die for one’s country From modern-day textbooks to old-fashioned movies‚ accounts of war are universally depicted as gallant‚ audacious acts of bravery and valor. People from all cultures celebrate the ‘sweet glory’ that it is to represent one’s country in war. Tales of war are told as tokens of honor‚ and those noble enough to serve are even honored with a holiday in November‚ “Veterans Day.” War has been glamorized and admired‚ and described with words such as courage
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In his poetry‚ Wilfred Owen confronted horrific realities of war‚ while many of his contemporaries chose not to address this issue due to the heroic label attached to soldiers who enlisted. Through an array of literary techniques‚ Owen explores the raw experience of war and its connection to patriotism and irony. Both Poems ‘Mental Cases’ and ‘Dulce et Decorum est.’ employ very similar literary techniques which convey the vivid and challenging themes of War. Through this‚ Owen gives the reader a
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military is entertaining and a striking act to do for your country‚ but then poets and ideologies started to rise and spread indicating that such ideas are immoral‚ and that they had brainwashed people‚ and by writing poems‚ they started to diminish such fake exterior of war‚ and started to share the actual truth about it‚ contradicting other poets who wrote about the beauty of war and urged young men to enlist to military. Fighting for your country‚ in some poet’s perspective‚ is a glorious act‚ but a
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felt and enjoyed by the reader. Wilfred Owen used his writing to show the true horrors of World War I in “Dulce et Decorum Est‚” a poem that showed reader that war was not all the glory and honor the government promoted to be‚ but was filled with painful and horrific deaths. In order to get soldiers enlisted in World War I‚ young men (since women did not fight during this time period) were encouraged “by propaganda’s pretenses of glory and heroism” (Jones). Owen went straight to the point with his
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continuous effort throughout the years‚ one issue that continues to plague the human kin time and time again‚ is human conflict. Where there lies freedom of speech and thought‚ will almost certainly be accompanied by a form of human conflict resulting from human nature of self gain and interest. Witnesses of human conflict have chosen to represent their experiences through a variety of forms and text types‚ like the poet of interest Wilfred Owen.Wilfred Owen portrays his understanding and perspective
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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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My Little Brother Marwa Safi It’s a cold frosty night in the trenches and nearly all the soldiers are fast asleep. John finds a spot to rest and prepares for the night. He takes out a blanket from his back and sees his little brother’s hat. (Sigh deeply with tears in his eyes) JOHN Why did you have to leave me so quick (pause) we didn’t finish off our debate about who will be the better football player (Puts the hat against his chest and lies down looking
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Explication of “Dulce et Decorum Est” By: Wilfred Owen Dulce et Decorum Est is a poem written by Wilfred Owen that uses powerful imagery to express an important message. A message that war is not glorious and noble and should not be portrayed this way. The speaker is a soldier in the army who describes the true horrors of the war and how young men believed it was an honor to die for your country. The poem is written in a simple regular rhyme scheme. Owen uses graphic imagery to show what the war
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When looking at the poem Dulce et Decorum Est‚ one of the first things to note is the somber truth behind the date at the end of the poem beside Owen’s name‚ 1893-1918. With little research‚ one can find out that the poet did not live through the war he wrote so vividly about (Britannica). Given this fact‚ and the horrifying specific details of the poem‚ it is not hard to picture the speaker of the poem as the poet himself recounting his own terrible firsthand experiences in World War 1. In a bittersweet
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