Poetry Coursework
Poetry Coursework Is it safe to assume that the choices we make affect our lives? The poems "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost and "The Choosing" by Liz Lochhead both deal with the theme of choices and the consequences of choices we make. The poem "The Road Not Taken" is more symbolic ("Two roads diverged in a yellow wood"), metaphorical ("And looked down one as far as I could/to where it bent in the undergrowth") and it gives the reader some advice for their own choices. "The Choosing" is written more with a personal tone as if the poet had experienced the events first hand ("But from the top deck of the high-school bus/I'd glimpse among the others in the corner"). I enjoyed the second poem for its more personal tone rather than the general wise tone of the first. However in analysing them I have found that "The Road Not Taken" is a much more meaningful poem as this work should show. The poem "The Road Not Taken" has both a metaphorical and a literal meaning. Literally it is about a traveller walking in the woods and he comes to two roads both going in different directions. As he cannot travel both he has to decide which road would be better for him. And both that morning equally lay, In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads to way, I doubted I should ever come back The above stanza shows the reader the
Poetry Coursework
Poetry Coursework The Poems "Who's for the Game" written by Jessie Pope and "Dulce Et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen were written during World War 1, both of these poems have different views on the War. Jessie Pope was born in 1870 and died in 1941 she was best known for her World War 1 poems but she was also accused of being a pro-war propagandist. "Who's for the game" gave soldiers a false impression of what war was like and she represents it in a good way, while "Dulce Et Decorum Est" represents war as being bad and shows the grim experiences of war. Wilfred Owen was also soldier in the western fought and lots of people thought of him as being the leading poet of the First World War. Wilfred Owen Also wrote "Disabled" which shows a soldiers life after war still showing the suffering and pain that war brings. Jessie Pope's "Who's for the Game" was written in 1916 to persuade young men to sign up and go to war. The Poem does this by making war sound fun and like one big game which is shown in this quotation "Who's for the game, the biggest that's played, The red crashing game of a fight?" Jessie Pope presents the war here as if it's nothing big and is just a fun fight. In this poem Jessie Pope uses direct speech to persuade the readers "...for the signal to Go!" this engages the reader and makes it seem like she is talking directly to you. Jessie Pope also uses repetition
Poetry Essay
Poetry Essay Armitage loves creating imagery in his poetry. How effective do you think this is? Choose two or three poems in which you feel imagery helps you understand the poem. The two poems I have chosen as an example of his work, are, I feel two of the best examples of Armitage's imagery. They are both very different; one deals with hope while the other, the loss of hope; one is progressive while the other is regressive. Yet they have one thing in common, they both use very powerful imagery. Armitage uses a very effective piece of imagery when telling us about the pigeon spreading its' tail feathers towards him. This is like a magician showing their cards to an audience and inviting them to choose a card. This shows a conflict between fantasy and reality because although the pigeon is real, the idea of it offering a card is fantasy. This links clearly with the idea of the poem because the fact that the poet can see again has made everything that he does see more wonderful and more amazing that it really is; a fantasy world. This adds to our understanding of the poem and the effect of new sight to the poet. "A pigeon in the yard turns tail and offers me a card. Any card." Another very good example of Armitage's imagery is shown in the first two lines of the poem. He is saying that the sun is like a persons head as they pull a turtleneck jumper over it; an unusual
Poetry written about war has the ability to capture something of its horror and waste. Do you find this to be true from the reading of the poems you have studied?
Poetry written about war has the ability to capture something of its horror and waste. Do you find this to be true from the reading of the poems you have studied? For my coursework I was asked to study three poems and anaylise them on how they bring out the horror and waste of war. I have choosen "Dulce Et Decorum Est" By Wilfred Owen, "The Drum" by John scott and "The charge of the light brigade" by Lord Tennvson. Alll three poems I throughly enjoyed anaylising and reading. All the poems were anti-war and clearly showed the devasting effects of war on the soliders. It made me feel sorry for what the soliders had to go through and how much they suffered. I thought "Dulce Et Decorum Est" By Wilfred Owen brought this out espically well. All three poems painted psychological images that would disturb the mind and make the reader realise what the war was really like. Wilfred Owen died at the age of 25 and was killed seven days before the end of World War 1. He is regarded as one of the most well-known war poets of the 20th Century, having written an astonishing 110 poems. Under the influence of Romantic, early 19th Century poets such as Wordsworth, Keats and Shelley, Owen produced 'Dulce Et Decorum Est which revealed the truth behind war, the grief and
Poetry written about war has the ability to capture something of its horror and waste. Do you find this to be true from the reading of the poems you have studied?
Poetry written about war has the ability to capture something of its horror and waste. Do you find this to be true from the reading of the poems you have studied? For my coursework I was asked to study three poems and anaylise them on how they bring out the horror and waste of war. I have choosen "Dulce Et Decorum Est" By Wilfred Owen, "The charge of the light brigade" by Lord Tennvson and "The Drum" by John scott. Alll three poems I throughly enjoyed anaylising and reading. All the poems were anti-war and clearly showed the devasting effects of war on the soliders. It made me feel sorry for what the soliders had to go through and how much they suffered. I thought "Dulce Et Decorum Est" By Wilfred Owen brought this out espically well. All three poems painted psychological images that would disturb the mind and make the reader realise what the war was really like. "Dulce Et Decorum Est" By Wilfred Owen Wilfred Owen died at the age of 25 and was killed seven days before the end of World War 1. He is regarded as one of the most well-known war poets of the 20th Century, having written an astonishing 110 poems.Under the influence of Romantic, early 19th Century poets such as Wordsworth, Keats and Shelley, Owen produced 'Dulce Et Decorum Est which revealed the truth behind war, the grief and suffering caused. Wilfred Owen wanted to dismiss the idea of romance as a
The Soldier
The Soldier In a time before conscription, this poem was an important, effective persuasion tool for recruiting potential soldiers. The basic, overall purpose of 'The Soldier' is to encourage English people to sign up to fight in the war. It focused on the apparent aspects, experiences and events relating to death; describing them in a positive way. One might say that the message of this poem, literally, is "Join the war! Don't be afraid of death; it is a victory for your Country." It achieves this persuasion by introducing patriotic ideas into people's minds, describing war and death in glorious terms. During the time in which people would have read 'The Soldier', they were unaware of what the experience of war was really like. Oblivious to the reality of war's horror, people would have been susceptible to the poem's seduction. By beginning with an apostrophe, the poem appeals directly to it's reader with "If I should die think only this of me..." The poet wants people only to think positively of his death, should it come to be. He goes on to say "...That there's some corner of a foreign field that is for ever England", trying to make people think of his death as a victory, where his decomposing corpse conquers the land where he perished, making it become "England". This line also makes people believe that the same would apply their death if it were to come about, that
The Poetry of World War One
The Poetry of WWI My study aims to cover the key points of the poetry written during and about the first world war and the various factors which may have influenced it. We will start with 'Drummer Hodge' which was written during the Boer war by a writer named Thomas Hardy. The poem offers an unusual view of war which isn't often seen elsewhere. Drummer Hodge by Thomas Hardy The poem is an existentialist paradox - Hodge was an unimportant figure in a major war and is representative of the thousands of casualties of the battle. The poem begins ambiguously. "They" could refer to either friend or foe. Their identity is not as important as their attitude towards Hodge. Hodge is "thrown" into a pit "just as found", without a coffin and presumably without a service. His "homely Northern breast and brain" suggests Hodge was a simple, modest sort, but a valuable human nonetheless. Unlike the other poems, Drummer Hodge is very structured and never changes it's six-line "1-2-1-2-1-2" form as opposed to Brooke's and Owens use of octaves and sestets. Hardy uses Roman numerals to separate each stanza and to provide a classical feel to the poem. The mood of the piece is somewhat sympathetic towards the subject. Hodge could be anybody but is used as an example of the unfairness of war. In the second part of the poem, Hodge is referred to as being "fresh" -- like a child to
Why Did British Men Enlist in the British Army in 1914?
Why Did British Men Enlist in the British Army in 1914? British men enlisted in the army in 1914 for a number of reasons. These reasons varied from Patriotism to enlisting in order to prevent intimidation from groups such as the white feather group. Many men actually believed it was their duty as citizens of this country to go and fight. A lot of them wanted to destroy the Germans as British propaganda had painted ruthless pictures of them in their minds. Robert Graves wrote, "... In the second place; I was outraged to read of the Germans' cynical violation of Belgian neutrality." However, not all men fought out of principle and so called responsibility. The low pay of the army encouraged unemployed men to sign up. For many unemployed men, the money influenced many to enlist. Most people in Britain believed the war would be over by Christmas and after joining the army, thought they would be able to rejoin their families in time for the festive cheer. So, a large number of men decided to join the army for a bit of an adventure for a few months, wearing the country's colours. For instance, Robert Graves said, "I had just finished at Charterhouse and gone up to Harlech, when England declared war on Germany. A day or two later I decided to enlist. In the first place, though the papers predicted only a very short war - over by Christmas at the outside - I hoped that it
What was life like in the trenches?
History Assessment Before the war began it was long anticipated. Friction between the main powers in Europe had been building. When the war finally came about any feelings against the war disappeared and many people saw England as being the saviour of Europe fighting the evil Germany. Men rushed to the recruitment offices in frenzy to share a little bit of patriotism. If only they had for seen the brutal reality of trench warfare, and the mass loss of life that it caused. What was life like in the trenches? Life and conditions in the trenches Trench warfare is simply the fighting in trenches. The things that the soldiers had to do and the way they lived and fought was horrible it seems. When the word "war" is said one tends to think of death. Death by artillery, bombs etc. But in fact particularly in the case of the 1st World War many soldiers died from the life and conditions they faced in the trenches. These 2 factors go hand in hand. The conditions in the trenches created the life soldiers in the trenches lived. Most of the soldiers were split into groups. A battalion of their county- 1000 men, then into a company of 240 men down to a platoon which had 60 men in it or a section which was just 14 men. The soldiers had routine jobs that they had to do such as filling the sand bags, latrines and getting supplies. The soldiers standard of life was partly
The war on the Western Front
Nick Taylor 2nd October 01 Coursework Assignment: The war on the Western Front . Source A and B both have advantages and disadvantages. Source A discusses many valid and different points to B and B always shows valid and different points. Artillery is shown in photograph B to destroy the enemies' defences, so the attacker can advance and take the enemies fortification or trench, but the picture looks suspicious because there is a British soldier is standing over the remains of a German machine gun post and that would be unlikely in September 1916 and probably propaganda for current battle The Somme which ended in a stalemate and the trench also looks suspicious because a lot of German trenches were concrete and very advanced, but this particular trench is wooden and primitive. Source A explains what British soldiers were told and then explains the harsh reality that Artillery was not as affective as people were led to believe and this led to a slaughter. Many shared this view of Historian Craig Mair such as Private Coppard (survivor of the Somme) " Any Tommy could have told them that shell fire lifts wire up and drops it... in a worse tangle than before". Source A therefore is more effective than he is led to believe because after 63 years the evidence can be gathered to give less blinkered viewpoint from variety of people
