The most important of the poem was his use of “under an English heaven” even after death the bond with England is strong. This is important because if heaven is an English heaven, it is important to God. Is their a German heaven in this time of Great War? The poem is crucial in demonstrating the blind love the soldiers felt for England. The term “if I should die” was probably a used phrase when the soldiers were writing letters to their loved ones.
They contributed by knitting warm clothing and making bandages for distribution by the military. They also organized committees such as the Canadian Patriotic Fund to send food parcels, cards & letters overseas. Women also even began pressing poster campaigns to patriotic mothers, wives, and girlfriends. Here are some words from the women: …. “We ask you in justice to those noble women who have already answered the call by giving their sons, husbands, or sweethearts to the cause—is it reasonable or fair that you should keep your men-folk from doing their duty?”.... [2] The women are basically trying to convince the women to send their beloved to war.
In "Editha" by William Dean Howells, a young woman named Editha Balcom feels a man's place is behind his country. Her love interest George Gearson feels war is the wrong answer; he feels that it causes chaos in the world. Editha and George have a contemporary relationship. She feels a man must fight for his country in order to be a real man. Contrary to Editha's
On the contrary Charge is patriotic with Tennyson celebrating the courage and obedience of the soldiers – this can be seen in his use of ‘glory, honour/noble’. This positive representation of conflict could be linked to Tennyson’s role of Poet Laureate under Queen Victoria’s reign. Futility mimics a sonnet but the form is disrupted as Owen splits the poem in to two seven-line stanzas. As a sonnet is traditionally associated with love, Owen could be suggesting that the effectively with conflict their can be no love. An alternative interpretation could be that Owen uses the structure to show how conflict has cut short the life of the soldier – in the middle of his life.
Although both Homecoming and Weapons Training are based on an anti-war theme, Dawe writes about the different aspects that involve war such as death, weapons, lives lost, soldier’s, families and disrespect. He uses titles that have very strong meanings to people that have been involved in war such as homecoming which every soldier hopes to be able to come home to their families again and weapons training where they are taught to use weapons before the war to prepare to kill the enemy. His poem Homecoming about the Vietnam War; the title itself creates the image of a happy and joyful journey; however Dawe ironically uses this to describe the sadness and sorrow of the dead soldier’s journey as they are transported home back to their families. A soldier’s return from war is supposed to be heroic but these soldiers are treated with a lack of respect.Dawe tries to convey the message to the reader that war is futile and that lives are wasted at war. On the other hand the title of Weapons Training creates the idea that the soldier’s are being trained to use the military weapons although the theme suggests that the soldier’s are actually the so called weapons being trained.
His aim is not poetry, but to describe the full horrors of war. In this essay I have firstly decided to analyze two poems by the war poet Wilfred Owen, taken from his writings on the First World War. Both 'Dulce et Decorum est' and 'Disabled" portray Owen's bitter angst towards the war, but do so in different ways. Then I will analyze a very different poem 'Who's for the Game?' written by Jessie Pope, and finally contrast this with the poems by Owen.
In Lyly’s speech, he states how great the Queen is. Lyly uses appeals such as logos and ethos to back up his opinion of the Queen. For example, uses ethos and logos when he relates the Queen to the Noble Queen of Navarre, and Caesar. The Queen uses appeals to support what she says to the troops to encourage them. She uses evidence of herself to explain why her troops are fighting for her.
The War Prayer Mark Twain uses types of imagery, elements of syntax, and other rhetorical devices to indicate flaws in this aspect of society. He ironically refers to war and patriotism, uses details in cumulative sentences to glorify war, repetition to enthrall his audience, and contradictory juxtaposition to emphasize his descriptions. In his effort to satirically critique society, twain uses irony and cumulative sentences to attack societies view on war. Twain describes children playing and "toy pistols popping" and "fire crackers hissing"(twain, WP), ironically referring to the war. He uses this irony to show the corrupt view on a war experience, that the children are being raised with a glorious outlook on war.
Wilfred Owen said “my subject is war, and the pity of war. The poetry is in the pity’”. The three poems I wish to explore portray Owen’s pity towards men going through the First World War. ‘The Send-off’ shows anonymous men who are about to depart to the battlefront, ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ explores trench life and, ‘Disabled’ charts the legacy of war on the wounded. ‘The send -off’, shows Owen’s cynical attitude towards war.
The poem focuses on the effect of conflict and is focused on an injured, probably dead soldier. Owen uses this soldier to question to point of life being created it can be destroyed so easily. A Charge, which is what is what Tennyson portays, is patriotic with celebrating the courage and obedience of the soldiers. This can be seen in his use of glory, honour and noble in the poem. This positive representation of conflict could be linked to Tennyson’s role of Poet Laureate under Queen Victoria’s reign.