Although, it only an illusion reinforced throughout the poem, along with its irony and sarcasm that is ‘The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est Pro patria mori’, it is not sweet and fitting to die for ones country. But it is the death and horror brought to peoples lives. The truth is revealed through this description of a battalion returning from the frontline, wounded, exhausted, or even dead. As the
Plath’s ironic view on death helps her to explore how death has affected her personally, she does this by using a 3rd person point of view in her poem ‘Edge’ which describes her state and appearance after death. Both poets introduce speakers who have different views on death. In Larkin’s poem ‘Ambulances’ the ambulance is a literal and metaphorical symbol of death. The speaker believes that death is inevitable and will eventually capture us all; Larkin’s speaker uses a specific declarative sentence ‘all streets in time are visited’ which suggests the random nature of death, accidents, sickness and how death is unavoidable. Larkin’s speaker also used the ambulance to symbolise that the common fear of death is always just around the corner for us all.
Emily depicts death in an unconventional way, challenging the age old belief of death and its elation to immortality in death. In stanza one, Dickinson personifies death, as being a gentleman with human characteristics. This interpretation put a twist to the age old description of death as a cryptic, sinister figure from hell that comes for our soul and invokes fear into our very being. The speaker said “‘because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me’” (line 1-2), this woman was too busy with her everyday life that she never thought of the inevitability of death. Traditionally, it is taught that death cares and waits for no one; ironically, he ‘kindly’ stops for her, portraying her as though they are going on a date.
The bird’s darkness matches the morbid and depressing tone of the poem and represents lost love and death and symbolizes "Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance. The beginning of this poem largely highlights the elements of darkness and death as Poe describes the atmosphere by employing techniques such as metaphors, alliteration and the use of ironic words to create symbolism. The phrase ‘Midnight dreary’ suggests that it is a dark, cold and wet night and midnight is also related to evil so this indicates that there is evil activity that is about to happen. ‘Bleak December’ symbolizes the lifeless month due to the season of winter which represents death. The metaphor ‘each separate dying ember, wrought its ghost upon the floor’ is used contribute to the mood.
“…Did they really believe that this war would end wars…it all happened again, and again, and again,” this use of rhetorical question and repetition emphasises the anti-war sentiment that both Bogle and Dawe capture. Similarly in Homecoming, it is illustrated the dehumanisation of war. “…mortuary coolness…deep-freeze…sorrowful…frozen sunset…wintering tree…bitter…grief…”through an extended metaphor, it is suggested the implications on the society from the death of thousands of loved ones; the coldness is symbolising the death, grief and struggling of society and the individual. Dehumanising effects give poets their anti-war point of view the effectively portray the bonds between the society and the
Since he had so many deaths in his life he wrote this poem to express how he sees death taking over locations that were once spectacular and are now in grieve and the absence of the liveliness. This poem shows an image of how death rises and becomes a higher power and taking away the light. The outcome of all the pain and horror that follows in deaths footprints in a city isolated by water is seen as a putrid
The beginning of the sonnet states, “Death, be not proud, though some have called thee” (line 1) Death is apostrophized, being directly spoken to as if this entity were a person. The speaker uses “thee” (line 1), “thou” (line 9), and “thy” (line 12), giving the appearance of a dialogue between two people. In giving death characteristics of being mortal it diminishes the effect of fear that death is associated with. Donne then goes on to personify death, giving the entity human characteristics, “Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so” (line 2) and “Thou’rt slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men” (line 9), these characteristics make death appear defenseless and less fearsome. Throughout the poem metaphors are also present, he frequently compares sleep to death, “From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, / Much pleasure, then from thee much more must flow” (lines 5-6).
The idea is communicated throughout the poem that not only people are beautiful, but also that nature possesses just as much beauty. The speaker uses metaphors to talk about death in his own perspective. The speaker discusses death from his own point of view, “Her hardest hue to hold” (2). By talking about her own death, the speaker shows the reality of death. The speaker shows the brutality of death.
“Musée des Beaux Artes” analysis “Musée des Beaux Artes”, by W.H. Auden is a poem about death, and about the people´s indifference toward it and the sense of unavoidability which it posseses. It does not have any particular discernible form, which the poet might have used to represent the randomness at which death strikes and the chaos that it sends people´s lives into. The “indifference” that the poem has toward the form might also be reference back to the poem´s theme about the lack of concern about the faith of others. The poem is filled with metaphorical language, which is used for a number of different reasons.
In using personification, the poet suggests to the reader that by the use of the image ‘jaws’ it suggests that there was no escape once they began to charge. In contrast the poet presents the 600 soldiers 'Boldly' charging to their deaths. In using the adverb 'Boldly' the poet suggests that the soldiers at this time would assume they had no choice and that they fight to the bitter end as ordered as they may have seen it as an honour to die for their country. Similarly, Owen presents 'loss of life' through his use of personification but in contrast in 'Charge of the Light Brigade' Owen focuses on one individual soldier who has died on the cold battlefield of France. He uses “Kind old sun” which is personification of an old man who is wise and caring.