Wilfred Owen 'Dulce et Decorum est'.
Poetry-Wilfred Owen 'Dulce et Decorum est' The poem 'Dulce et Decorum est' is a poem which shows us the horrors of war. It shows us how innocent lives are being wasted on a war. The poem tells us about how the poet feels about war. The first stanza tells us about the condition of the soldiers. It shows us that the soldiers are sick, tired and are not aware of themselves. It also tells us that the soldiers were in bad condition. They did not care about the shells that dropped behind them. In the first line the soldiers are compared in a simile to old beggars. This implies that they look shabby, which is not the image of soldiers in bright shiny uniforms, which would be in keeping with the glorious image of war. The line has a slow pace with no sound described, which is also a contrast to the image of war, as people at home might expect the soldiers to be marching along at a brisk pace. The second line continues this them as it compares the soldiers to hags, which are very like beggars. It tells you that the soldiers are knock kneeded and coughing, which implies a very low morale. In the second stanza, the poet has written about a gas attack that he has witnessed. This stanza tells us about the confusion and panic, which arises when the soldiers' lives are in immediate danger. The pace of this verse is a lot quicker in order to demonstrate this, and also provides a
Wilfred Owen 'Dulce et decorum est'.
Dulce et decorum est In this poem, by Wilfred Owen 'Dulce et decorum est' Owen was attempting to across the full horror of the First World War. In great detail get he describes a soldier suffering and dying in a gas attack. The poem is written from the point of view of an eyewitness who was there before during and after the attack. Owen finishes by asking the reader to tell their children the truth about the war and not the 'old lie' that it is sweet and fitting to die for your country, 'Dulce et decorum est pro pratria mori'. In the poem 'dulce et decorum est' (which means it is sweet and fitting) The poem is narrative and in sections. The first section is the men going to rest the second is .the gas attack in the trenches. The third is the man having bad dreams to do with the incident. The fourth is explaining if you had seen what he had seen you would not want to tell your children of these awful conditions. The rhyme scheme goes ABABCDCDEFEF I did not notice this at first, this is very good poetry and the words are well thought out. The similes in this poem are very good 'flound'ring like a man in fire or lime' this means the man was going all over the place and it was like he was on fire. There are also a lot of metaphors 'Men marched asleep' this is because the men were so tired it looked as though they were asleep. This poem has got a very sad, dark and somber feel
With reference to any three poems from "Death of a Naturalist" discuss Heaney's treatment of the theme of death.
With reference to any three poems from "Death of a Naturalist" discuss Heaney's treatment of the theme of death. Heaney's first volume of poetry, "Death of a Naturalist" deals with the young poet growing up on a farm and encountering for the first time the bitter realities of life. "The Early Purges" focuses on this particular point in his life. At this time Heaney is only six and coming to terms with what he is introduced to is by no means easy. At this age he is confronted with the sight of drowning kittens. Dan Taggart, a rough and arrid farm-hand, holds the responsibility for this harsh job. Yet he shows neither compassion nor sympathy and brushes off the guilt for his deed by referring to them as 'scraggy wee shits', as if they were of no meaning. 'Dan Taggart pitched them into them, into a bucket.' He does this without feeling or any slight indication of emotion. As the kittens drown, Heaney describes them as making a 'tiny din'. This is an oxymoron, because although the noise is muffled and hence quiet, this is so shocking to the ears of the young Heaney that it seems loud and clouds out all other sounds. Heaney uses this oxymoron to draw the reader's attention to the situation; he encourages the reader to look twice as dins are usually thought of as being very loud, so describing it as tiny seems 'incorrect' and compels the reader to look over it once more so that
War Photographer
War Photographer Subject and theme: photographer as conscience and recorder of truth. Contrast between "rural England" and scenes of war, between first-hand experience and sanitized version in colour supplements. Photographer moves between two worlds but belongs wholly to neither. Explain last couplet: who are "they" and why do they not care? Idea of duty to telling truth. Structure: conventional stanzas (rhymed iambic lines); each ends with couplet, as if to conclude argument. Poem moves from series of observations to a clear conclusion. Key images: photographer as a priest (darkroom like church, he teaches us how fragile we are, as in Isaiah's "All flesh is grass"). "Fields which don't explode": suggests landmines that do explode under children's feet. Photographer, who can't speak the language, seeking "approval" to record man's death. Ambiguity: "solutions", "ghost", "black-and-white"; bathos: "prick/with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers"; contrast: "he earns his living...they do not care". Back to top Valentine Subject and theme: challenges ideas of "normal" Valentine card or present. First-person speaker addresses lover in second person ("you"). Universal, as sex of lover and beloved is not stated. Structure and form: no clear argument, but a series of observations linked by their common theme. Not written in sentence forms throughout - uses disjointed
War Poetry
War Poetry Coursework Robert E. Lee said, 'It is well that war is so terrible - we would grow too fond of it.' By looking closely at some of the war poetry you have read, discuss how different poets have expressed the terrible nature of war. This is a literary essay looking at war poems. War always has a bad outcome one way or another, whether it is loss of life or a bad person taking over. In the three poems I have read, each poet describes how war is terrible in different ways, using different wars to do so. Wilfred Owen wrote about the First World War while he was in a hospital suffering from shellshock, before dying a day before the war ended. Carol Ann Duffy was writing about more modern wars such as, Belfast, Beirut and Phnom Penh. She writes it from a different view as that of a war photographer but it is still as effective. In my opinion, 'Dulce' is the most descriptive and disturbing of the three poems I read. It was written by Wilfred Owen. The first four lines show disturbing images of young soldiers, "Bent double, knock-kneed, coughing like hags, cursed through sludge." The phrase, "knock-kneed" could mean they are scared, the simile, "like old beggars", shows they are dirty, starving and have little respect. They have been degraded to the status of beggars, as disrespected as beggars. Structurally, the phrase "men marched asleep" is very important; it
War Poetry Essay
C/W War Poetry Essay! November 2007 'Charge of the light brigade' written by Alfred Lord Tennyson describes a battle in the Crimean war which took place 1854-1856. Tennyson wrote Charge of the light brigade after reading an account in the times newspaper. During the battle the orders given were a mistake because, the British cavalry commander mistook his orders to retake some guns held by the Russians. Instead he told his men to charge at the main Russian position, which was at the head of the valley bristling with artillery. The 600 horsemen gallantly obeyed but two thirds of the force were killed or wounded. The charge of the light brigade is the best known example of heroism and the stupidity of war. 'Attack' written by Siegfried Sassoon was set in WW1 1914-1918. The poem 'Attack' was written in 1917; it describes a battle and also men going 'over the top'. Sassoon was a solider in ww1 and it is possible that he is writing from a personal experience. 'Attack' describes a typical battle of ww1 and could possibly be describing the battle of the Somme which took place in 1916. There are many similarities between the poems. Both of the poems describe head on/ frontal attacks. An example of this is, in the poem 'Attack' is that it says 'They leave their trenches, going over the top' Both of the poems deal with great
What is Love?
I. INTRODUCTION But love is such a mystery, I cannot find it out; For when I think I'm best resolv'd, I then am most in doubt. -- Sir John Suckling What is Love? This, not so simple question asks for an answer. The symptoms of love are familiar enough. A great change in one's behavior and thought; the fact that it seems that the whole universe has rolled itself up into the person of the beloved, something so wonderful that no one on earth has ever felt about someone before. Love is something we are all in, at least one time or another in our life. There are many different meanings for the word love and many people interpret it differently. When you love someone you care not only about them as a person, but also about their well being. When they are hurt, you feel hurt and when they are in pain, you feel also in pain. To be in love means to care about that person so deeply that your life would not be complete without them. Love is a great motivator. It causes us behave in a certain way towards people. It causes us to risk our lives. Love is complex and powerful. It often makes us be confused. Love is a spiritual phenomenon, it lies within us, we cannot see it, just feel it. Love is ecstasy and torment, freedom, and slavery. Love, makes the world go round. II. LOVE A. Definition of Love But to all this ideas, what is the real meaning of this thing called love?
