Compare and Contrast Poetry: “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen and “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke Both poems, “Dulce Et Decorum Est” and “The Soldier” focus on the subject of war, although each di

Compare and Contrast Poetry: "Dulce Et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen and "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke Both poems, "Dulce Et Decorum Est" and "The Soldier" focus on the subject of war, although each differ in their descriptions. "Dulce Et Decorum Est" is a realistic poem, set during the First World War. The poet himself served during that time and knew precisely the horrors of battle and conflict. In "The Soldier", Rupert Brooke had never seen what war is about, only heard of how glorious it would be to die for his country. Each poem is also written about death; Wilfred Owen seeing somebody die from a gas attack, Rupert Brooke on how Heaven would be when he died for England. The tone in which each poem is delivered differs greatly. Wilfred Owen writes in an almost angry tone, tinged with sadness at the great loss in conflict. He writes his poem as a warning to anyone "ardent for some desperate glory" that war is not as wonderful and as glorifying as it sounds. The tone reflects the loss that he experienced in war. Rupert Brooke's tone is patriotic, proud and dedicated to his country. He delivers his poem in an immensely emotional way, painting the picture in his words of how wonderful war is. You can almost hear "God Save The Queen" playing and the Union Jack waving in the background as he delivers his poem with his hand on his heart! "Dulce Et Decorum Est" is written

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Comparisons between Anthem for Doomed Youth and Dulce et Decorum est.

The Comparisons between Anthem for Doomed Youth and Dulce et Decorum est. These two poems were written by Wilfred Owen who was a soldier during the First World War and so he knew from first hand experience the pain of war. From early youth he wrote poetry, much of it at first inspired by religion. He became increasingly disapproving of the role of the church in society, and sympathetic to the plight of the poor. In 1913, he went to France and taught English there until 1915. Owen made the difficult decision to enlist in the army and fight in World War I (1914-1918). He entered the war in January 1917 and fought as an officer in the Battle of the Somme but was hospitalised for shell shock that May. Owen's considerable body of war poetry, traditional in form, is a passionate expression of outrage at the horrors of war and of pity for the young soldiers sacrificed in it. Dulce et Decorum est actually means it is good and proper to die for ones country. This title is meant to be sarcasm he uses sarcasm to emphasise that was is a terrible thing and that there is no point in going to war. Anthem is a religious song and doomed means that you are not dead but are going to be soon and youth is the young of the country so the title actually means A song for the death of the young. He uses this title to show what he feels the war is doing to the youths of our country. Both poems

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Explain how the poems reflect the changing attitudes to war. Comment on content, language and poets' purpose.

Explain how the poems reflect the changing attitudes to war. Comment on content, language and poets' purpose. World War One started in August 1914. British people were feeling positive at the time. They were feeling enthusiastic and patriotic. The partners, friends and family of the "heroic" soldiers all thought they would be home by Christmas. Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen are famous poets from the time. Rupert Brooke at the start of the war wrote 'The Soldier'. In 'The Solider' it shows going to war is heroic but some lines are shockingly ironic. During the war, Wilfred Owen wrote two famous poems named 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' and 'Dulce et Decorum Est'. These poems showed more of the reality of the war. A difference between the 2 poets was that Wilfred Owen saw frontline trench warfare and Rupert Brooke did not. A year into the war, Rupert Brooke wrote 'The Soldier'. His main subject was to tell the people how heroic the soldiers were going to war. He wrote the poem as if he was a soldier himself. "If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field". This line is saying that if he dies at least he died for England. Also in the poem he expresses idealism through irony. His ironic lines such as "And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness". This really didn't happen in the war but helped families of the soldiers feel better. He also

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‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ And ‘The Send Off Essay’

'Dulce Et Decorum Est' And 'The Send Off Essay' We learn a number of different things about the effects of war in Wilfred Owens two poems 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' and 'The Send Off '. Wilfred Owen Is one of the great anti war poets. On the 30th of December 1916 Wilfred Owen, having completed his military training, sailed for France. No knowledge, imagination or training fully prepared him for the shock and suffering of front line experience. Within twelve days of arriving in France the easy-going chatter of his letters turned to a cry of anguish .A soldier participating in World War I, he was blown up and shell shocked, but he was back at the front line a several days later. In the last week he was shot and killed on the 4th of November 1918 his parents found out on the day of 'Ringing Bells' on the 11th of November 1918. His poetry illustrates the horrors of war gained through first hand experience. These two poems are very explanatory about what it was really like during the First World War. I think Wilfred Owen wanted people at home and in the government to realise what was happening in War. The theme of 'The Send Off ' is that the soldiers 'Send Off ' is anonymous 'So Secretly, Like Wrongs Hushed-Up, They Went'. The government are trying to hide the fact that the soldiers have no life ahead of them, they have a doomed future, 'There Breasts Were Stuck All White With

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Dulce Et Decorum Est". "Anthem for doom youth". "Night Patrol" and "Survivors". Which of these poems are clearly anti-war?

"Consider the four war poems. "Dulce Et Decorum Est". "Anthem for doom youth". "Night Patrol" and "Survivors". Which of these poems are clearly anti-war? How do the two poems written about the Second World War differ from the first world war poems in their purpose and message? NOTES Dulce Et Decorum Est is written by Wilfred Owen. Owen is very anti-war and believes no good can come from it. In Dulce Et Decorum Est his use of language and description conveys this anti-war theme which can be seen. Owen starts the poem, 'Bent Double like old beggars under sacks) This use of simile describing the men as, 'old beggars' because they are bent over due to the weight of the sacks helps bring the poem to life. On the second line Owen continues to use similes, 'Knock kneed, coughing like old hags. This use of comparison creates a vivid image in our minds. Owen describes the horrors of war and what the soldiers had to go through, 'Many had lost their boots, But limped on blood-shot,' and uses of metaphors 'Drunk with fatigue'. This use of language makes you feel as though you know the soldiers and you begin to feel sorrow for them. In Dulce et Decorum Est at the end of the battle the soldiers are extremely tired. They walk with hunched-up shoulders, carrying heavy packs and supporting their wounded mated. They are ill because they have no protection against all kinds of weather. They

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The significance of imagery and vocabulary in 'Disabled' and 'Dulce et Decorum est' by Wilfred Owen

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IMAGERY AND VOCABULARY IN 'DISABLED' AND 'DULCE ET DECORUM EST' BY WILFRED OWEN 'Disabled' and 'Dulce et Decorum Est' are war poems by the poet Wilfred Owen. Imagery and vocabulary in both of these poems are significant in representing mood, atmosphere and purpose. By using metaphors, similies and other forms of creating imagery, the poems are made accordingly emotive, and easier to comprehend as they enhance the readers interpretations by drawing on the readers senses. By analysing the poems we can see the evidence for this, and by imaging alternatives to particular phrases and words, we can see how the effect and meaning would be altered or at least lessened. 'Dulce et Decorum Est' has high amounts of imagery and language in it, and it is a poem to shock to the shock the reader into a state of pity rather than a poem that demands pity. The first stanza begins with a metaphor and similie, which give an appalling portrait of men in a wretched condition, far from the youth and beauty that they should have. It immediately sets the scene in an atmosphere of shocking conditions. By comparing them with 'old beggars under sacks' we not only realise that the soldiers are fatigued and dishevelled, but also that they have suffered an experience that steals their age from them, and is severe enough to last them a lifetime of hardship both physically, as they are

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How Wilfred Owen in the poem "Disabled" analyses the theme of war

By analyzing the poem "Disabled" outline how Owen uses the poetic form to illustrate his ideas about the war. In the poem "Disabled" Wilfred Owen clearly expresses his opinion about First World War and the peer pressure that was used to force young people to join the army. The images created by a poet are very realistic as Owen was a soldier himself. In this poem he looks to the world through a young man's eyes, who went to the war to become a hero, but had his life finished before it has begun. From the very first lines we are given a clue that a person has lost his legs "He sat in a wheeled chair", this creates a sense of sympathy and pity at the same time. The poet uses a very powerful imagery in the first three lines. He expresses the sadness of man's life by using words "ghastly suit of grey", which creates the dark and gloomy atmosphere, as the reader links the grey colour with void, sadness. However in the third line it is written "legless, sewn short at elbow" it is common to sew shut pant legs and sleeves if someone is missing that appendage. This indicates that person has lost his leg and forearm and now his life depends on other people. It is fascinating how the poet plays with the reader's emotions, making him feel responsible for the unenviable situation of the man, in just three lines. At the same verse, the poet uses contrast to make the created

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Dulce Et Decorum Est And The Soldier

Dulce Et Decorum Est And The Soldier Dulce et decorum est is written regarding the First World War in the hindsight of the battle of the Somme. This takes a somewhat cynical view on warfare. The soldier by Rupert Brooke on the other hand takes a very strong patriotic feel and this shines through more then anything else. The soldier paints a picture of English serenity and whereas "dulce et." portrays Owens anger at the indifference of those at home who continued to propagate lies. You can see the influence of Siegfried Sassoon in this piece. The language is more direct and shocking "guttering, choking, drowning" helps convey the grievance in the air. In the soldier the language is less deplorable and has a feel more of a love poem "her sights and sounds... under an English Heaven" this coupled with the fact that the poem is written as a sonnet reiterates the feel of Love. Both poems are based on death in Wars. However Brooke paints a more glamorised and less direct picture of death "if I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field...blest by suns of home." This evokes the idealistic image of a perfect England in a 'Golden' age, such as many believe existed immediately prior to the First World War. This does however expose the arrogance that Brooke perhaps had. It places too much importance on his own sacrifices and not on the general

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Compare 'The Soldier' written by Rupert Brooke and 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' written by Wilfred Owen.

World War One Folio Piece Erin McDougall 4A1 Lately we have studied two poems that were written during the time of World War One. They were 'The Soldier' written by Rupert Brooke and 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' written by Wilfred Owen. Both of these poets were soldiers involved in fighting during World War One. 'The Soldier' is an uplifting and optimistic poem looking at the positive side of dying for your country when going to war. I think the poet Rupert Brooke wrote the poem to send home to his family to reassure them if he died it would be peacefully and not in pain. In the first stanza Brooke is saying that if he dies while away in this foreign country, that he'll leave a part of England there. The following quotation is an example that he is English through-and-through: "A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam." He was born and brought up with a certain kind of English lifestyle and culture. He then goes on to describe the flowers and winding paths making us think of England as idyllic and peaceful. He uses personification in the first line of the quote. It compares England to a woman giving birth to a child and bringing it up. In the second stanza Brooke describes England as a country of no evil and that he will remember it forever, he'll always have happy memories from the past when he lived in England. Some

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Compare The Send-off and Dulce et Decorum Est

"The Send-off" and "Dulce et Decorum Est" are two poems, both written by the anti-war poet Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen was born in England in 1893. He was the son of a railway man who was not very rich, so because of financial hardships he moved to France. When he was in France the First World War began (1914). This meant that he got involved in the war and during the war he sustained a severe head injury, which led him to suffer the rest of his life in hospital. During the stay at the hospital he started to write poems about war. He became an anti-war poet because he witnessed the reality and the suffering of war. Owen wanted to show the world how ruthless war was through his emotional poems. The injuries he sustained during the war finally killed him in 1917 at the age of just 24. Owen wanted show young men that war wasn't all about honour and glory, but that the true reality of war was death and destruction. He used his own experiences of fighting to write about the horrors of war in many of his poems. "The Send-off" and "Dulce et Decorum Est" are both about soldiers in the First World War. "The Send-off" is an ironic poem that deals with the lack of respect given to the young men heading for the front lines, whereas "Dulce et Decorum Est" talks about the horrors and realities of war. "The Send-off" is a poem in which the poet expresses his disgust at the lack of

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