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GCSE: War Poetry

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346 GCSE War Poetry essays

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    Comparing poems Exposure and Anthem for Doomed Youth

    4 star(s)

    This candidate demonstrates a fairly adept ability to analyse poetry. The response is balanced, nicely-structured and the analysis included is in parts insightful, particularly the language analysis. There is no…

    • Essay length: 620 words
    • Submitted: 23/01/2012
    • Reviewed by: (?) sydneyhopcroft 06/09/2012
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    Compare and Contrast the attitudes to war conveyed in the poems Anthem for Doomed Youth and The Soldier

    3 star(s)

    The response here is for a question that asks about the attitudes to War presented in Wilfred Owen's 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' and Rupert Brooke's 'The Soldier'. The two poems…

    • Essay length: 766 words
    • Submitted: 18/03/2012
    • Reviewed by: (?) sydneyhopcroft 25/03/2012

  3. The Soldier by Rupert Brooke. How does Brooke use his poem to persuade men to join the army?

    • Essay length: 626 words
    • Submitted: 22/04/2012

  4. Compare how reactions to conflict are shown in Futility and Belfast Confetti

    • Essay length: 396 words
    • Submitted: 26/03/2012

  5. Both 'Dulce et Decorum est' and 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' portray Owen's bitter angst towards the war, but do so in different ways.

    • Essay length: 1264 words
    • Submitted: 23/03/2012

  6. How is War Presented in Three WW1 Poems of Your Choice? Dulce Et Decorum Est, Fall In andThe Soldier

    • Essay length: 3539 words
    • Submitted: 05/03/2012

  7. Compare the ways in which the poets memorably describe soldiers going off to war in Joining the Colours (Hinkson) and The Send-Off (Owen)

    • Essay length: 2053 words
    • Submitted: 17/02/2012

  8. Owens Anthem For Doomed Youth

    • Essay length: 517 words
    • Submitted: 25/12/2011

  9. From the quiet heroic patriotism seen in Rupert Brookes the Soldier, the tragedy and horror seen in Wilfred Owens Dulce et Decorum Est, to Siegfried Sassoons Suicide in the Trenches, war poetry captures a vast array of different subjects regardin

    • Essay length: 1472 words
    • Submitted: 22/11/2011

  10. War Poems. I Was Only Nineteen by Redgum and And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda by Eric Bogle are emotional accounts of two men who fought in two different wars and the physical and emotional scaring they suffered upon their return.

    • Essay length: 996 words
    • Submitted: 14/07/2011
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Conclusion analysis

Good conclusions usually refer back to the question or title and address it directly - for example by using key words from the title.
How well do you think these conclusions address the title or question? Answering these questions should help you find out.

  1. Do they use key words from the title or question?
  2. Do they answer the question directly?
  3. Can you work out the question or title just by reading the conclusion?

  • To what extent can a near death experience be considered a religious experience?

    "In conclusion, to a large extent a near death experiences can be considered as a religious experience. This is because both experiences can be perceived as supernatural; they can be described as mental events and are spontaneous. Recipients of religious and near death experiences usually say what has happened to them has 'drawn them deeper' into knowledge of awareness of God. This clearly shows the similarities between both types of experiences. Moreover, to a small extent, there is no proof of a near death experience, it is the way the experience is interpreted or it could just be an individual's blick, the way they look at the world and interpret it. It is subjective rather than objective."

  • To some poets death is the beginning of life, but to others death is finality. Discuss these aspects with close reference to the work of two or more poets.

    "In conclusion I believe that that all four poets have there own way of writing about weather they believe that death is a finality or the beginning of a new life. The poets may have their reasons for believing in what they did and perhaps this is the way they thought of life the beginning or the end. I disagree with both James Shirley and Francis Beaumont as I believe that death is not a finality and that we can have an after life. I agree with Dylan Thomas as I believe that no matter how high or low our cast we will die and become the same and it is up to the soul to carry on and make the next person a better person, and this means that I disagree with the fact that if you are lower casted you will not go to heaven because I believe that you can improve in your next life and that is the reason for the next life; so you can improve on the mistakes you made in the previous life. 3"

  • Compare and contrast the poetic of death and 'seizing the day.' 'Death the leveller' by James Shirley and 'to the virgins, make much of time' by Robert Herrick.

    "In summary of these two poems, I have come to the conclusion that 'death the leveller' uses more powerful verbs and stronger imagery of a battle with death while the 'to the virgins' poem gives an idea of living life to the full while you can and don't wait long or your time mat run out and you may regret it."

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