His use of patriotism, honour and enthusiasm gives across a positive tone to the poem. The second sonnet ‘The Dead’ expresses the deep reverence for the sacrifice of those who have died in the war. Although the poem is about the death of the soldiers, the poem’s tone of patriotism and the relation to Christ makes death glorious to the readers, and at the time, would make war sound glorious to them, making them sign up. Using the remembrance of those who have fallen, and by explaining how they did not die in vain makes the idealism of war very effective. The third poem is ‘The Soldier’; Brooke uses the message of England being the soldiers’ mother and the personification of England itself to raise pride and morality for the young men signing up for the army.
He even underwent military training and he struggled. He wanted to prove that he was capable of joining war without being distinguished with his father. For me, he did not wanted to be the influential father that he has but he really wanted to show love for his country. This shows patriotism. When Jack died from the Battle of Loos, Rudyard, his
Instead, in what some remember as a profane, contemptuous snarl, and loudly, Gunnery Sergeant Daly demanded of his hesitant Marines: “Come on, you sons of b*****s! Do you want to live forever?” (Brady 1) This quote was perfect for reassuring the title because this quote makes you wonder: is that why they fight, because they’re cussed at and shamed into it? Was that what motivated the men of the 4th Brigade on 1918? I believe just this one quote is enough to make the title the way it is. I believe these quotes make the title because without these quotes/questions there wouldn’t be a title for this marvelous book.
However ‘Dulce et decorum est’ has a different view on war, it was written in response to ‘Who’s for the game’ and it was written to show Jessie Pope and the rest of the public that war isn’t at all glorious and it’s not patriotic to fight for their country, both poems have used metaphors and pronouns to portray these ideas. In ‘Who’s for the game’ this metaphor is used “And who wants a seat in the stand?” This is extended from the actual name of the poem ‘Who’s for the game’. These two metaphors relate war to a game, which makes war sound almost light-hearted and not as serious. People relate games to being fun; therefore making people expect war to be fun when in reality this is glorified. Due to Jessie’s purpose of wanting to enlist more men to join the war, she uses pronouns to directly appeal to the reader.
Abraham Lincoln gives this speech to ensure the soldiers. Lincoln stated in his speech that this nation should have freedom. There are many different tones in this text. The two tones that i found in this text are optimistic and respectful. The tone is respectful because he states in his speech that, "The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract."
Art is good because This pathos and ethos made people, no matter the North or the South, to feel that they are in unity. Both sides were suffering the same war and urged to end it, while they shared a same religion. God plays an important role to connect the people together, which enhances Lincoln’s credibility in his speech besides his position as a president and occasion of this speech. Lincoln ended his speech by claiming that they would “strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations” (Wilhoit 138). This pathos describes how Lincoln would care for his people and how he would put the task of helping the people suffering from the war first, serving as a strong pathos since it is not only emotionally affecting his people, but also encouraging and giving them hope.
The poem is also written in a rather rigid iambic pentameter. The Volunteer is typical to that of Rupert Brooke’s poems for example The Soldier is also a patriotic poem; it describes that of an idealistic England which the men of our country should preserve by fighting in the war, this is shown in the chosen language such as “English heaven” “Peace” and “gentleness”. And death is described as the ultimate sacrifice and joy for your country just like in The Volunteer. The Soldier also has the simple message of sacrifice and patriotism for example England and Englishmen is mentioned six times throughout the poem which continually reinforces this message by using repetition. The fact that the poem is written in a sonnet form also reinforces the message of patriotism because a sonnet represents a love poem and The Soldier is about a love of your country again like The Volunteer.
The poet is saying that people should not talk about war as enthusiastically as it gives the impression that war is glorious. Furthermore, he says that the idea that ’it is sweet and right’ to die for your country is entirely untrue. Through this, we are able to form the opinion that war is not okay because it is a serious thing that carries many negative consequences. In Wilfred Owen’s poem Dolce et Decorum est, the use of similes conveys the harsh reality of war on soldiers as it changes them dramatically and kills the majority of them. In the first two lines of the poem, Owen uses the similes “Bent double like old beggars under sacks, knocked kneed, coughing like hags” to paint a grim picture in readers minds of how the soldiers were.
His poem 'the soldier' was a very positive and optimistic poem about the war and his country, England. I think he wanted the English people to feel very ambitious about their country, and therefore they would be more willing to fight for it, it gave them hope. He calls his country 'her' therefore it's written in the 3rd person singular. Disabled (Wilfred Owen): Written in 1917. Wilfred Owen had a good education as well, but (unlike Rupert Brooke) he went to war, and saw what it was it was really like, the bad conditions, the lack of food and meaningless deaths, Wilfred Owen realised that the war was cold and cruel, not like people imagined it.
The movie “Paths of Glory,” portrays a war theme - more specifically an anti-war theme. The message of the movie is portrayed through the soldiers and the different “paths the soldiers took to get to victory and survive.” Every soldier went down their own path overall leading to somewhat “glory” which not all of them got to experience. Men died in battle, mental illness (and illness in genera), fellow soldiers doings, death sentences; just an endless amount of reasons. Soldiers believed that they were fighting for the glory of victory or “patriotism” which Sam Johnson described as the last refuge of a scoundrel. Soldiers were brainwashed with the idea of patriotism - leading their country to victory at all costs, even if meant going into battle knowing you were going to die enforcing the message of the movie that, “The paths of glory lead but to the grave.” At first, the movie described the trench warfare situation of World War I.