Essay of War Poetry
The poems "The soldier" by Rupert Brooke and "Dulce et decorum est" by Wilfred Owen are related to the events in WWI. These two poems concentrate on a similar subject, going to war, but have totally different points of view and contradict each other. Rupert Brooke has a patriotic point of view meanwhile Wilfred Owen has a critical opinion. Both of the authors use their own knowledge to show us how soldiers confront war and what consequences do war brings to soldiers.
"The soldier" tells about soldiers dying for their own country. Rupert Brooke describes that if you are a soldier and if you die in a battlefield, you become part of the ground. He uses himself as an example, to express his opinion. He tells that he was from England and he represented this country, so if he died in battlefield and fell onto the ground, he would become a part of the ground, so as he is representing England, by forming a part to the ground, he leaves a part of England into it. So by using this example he shows that all the English soldiers that die in a battlefield, leave a part of England in the place. He participated in the WWI and as a result of his experiences he thought that war was a thing where men had to go and that was an honor to participate in. he also represented most of the soldiers opinions before they went to war.
The poems "The soldier" by Rupert Brooke and "Dulce et decorum est" by Wilfred Owen are related to the events in WWI. These two poems concentrate on a similar subject, going to war, but have totally different points of view and contradict each other. Rupert Brooke has a patriotic point of view meanwhile Wilfred Owen has a critical opinion. Both of the authors use their own knowledge to show us how soldiers confront war and what consequences do war brings to soldiers.
"The soldier" tells about soldiers dying for their own country. Rupert Brooke describes that if you are a soldier and if you die in a battlefield, you become part of the ground. He uses himself as an example, to express his opinion. He tells that he was from England and he represented this country, so if he died in battlefield and fell onto the ground, he would become a part of the ground, so as he is representing England, by forming a part to the ground, he leaves a part of England into it. So by using this example he shows that all the English soldiers that die in a battlefield, leave a part of England in the place. He participated in the WWI and as a result of his experiences he thought that war was a thing where men had to go and that was an honor to participate in. he also represented most of the soldiers opinions before they went to war.