Compare two Wilfred Owen Poems, discussing his treatment of war and its effects.
Compare two Wilfred Owen Poems, discussing his treatment of war and its effects.
The two poems 'Dulce et Decorum est' and 'Spring Offensive' both show the horrors of war and its futility.
Spring Offensive is about a group of soldiers that are getting ready to go over the top and in to no-mans land. They are all getting ready to die, they know that when the come out over the ridges they will be open to attack from the Germans. In the first stanza Owen describes what the men are doing and that they are getting ready mentally and physically.
In the second stanza the men contemplate their deaths because they are more than likely to die when they go over the top. 'Knowing their feet had come to the end of the world.' This is Owen describing what the men feel about being there, they know that their world is going to end and they will be dead shortly. It is spring and they have just been though a very hard winter, where several men would have been lost to the cold of the winter. Owen now describes the spring as being warm and gentle; they are taking their last look at the summer. The summer that oozes in to their veins is descriptive of how they feel, 'Like an injected drug for their bodies' pains.' Owen uses a simile to describe the summer helping the men though their tough time. This shows the futility of war because they know as soon as they go over they will die.
The two poems 'Dulce et Decorum est' and 'Spring Offensive' both show the horrors of war and its futility.
Spring Offensive is about a group of soldiers that are getting ready to go over the top and in to no-mans land. They are all getting ready to die, they know that when the come out over the ridges they will be open to attack from the Germans. In the first stanza Owen describes what the men are doing and that they are getting ready mentally and physically.
In the second stanza the men contemplate their deaths because they are more than likely to die when they go over the top. 'Knowing their feet had come to the end of the world.' This is Owen describing what the men feel about being there, they know that their world is going to end and they will be dead shortly. It is spring and they have just been though a very hard winter, where several men would have been lost to the cold of the winter. Owen now describes the spring as being warm and gentle; they are taking their last look at the summer. The summer that oozes in to their veins is descriptive of how they feel, 'Like an injected drug for their bodies' pains.' Owen uses a simile to describe the summer helping the men though their tough time. This shows the futility of war because they know as soon as they go over they will die.