Both Dawe and Slessor use powerful imagery to illustrate their anti-war sentiments. The two poems address the gravity of war and the awful sacrifices of men too young to die and the use of imagery in each adds another dimension and plays a crucial part in emphasizing the message of pieces. Imagery is used in both poems to create a sense of unification in death, both between the families of the dead boys as in homecoming when Dawe used imagery such as ‘the spider grief swings’ through the ‘wide web of suburbs’ as the news of death reaches each house and unifies the whole country in mourning. But a different type of unification in beach burial as Slessor unifies the dead soldiers from both sides of the war, ‘the sand joins them together’ in their graves, they are all labelled as ‘unknown soldiers’ and Slessor describes them all as ‘gone in search of the same landfall’. Another type of imagery that appears in both poems in the description of the war itself and the imagery used reinforces the brutality of it, so is the aim of both poems.
The day, and the society, is associated with an image of a burnt-out (read loss of energy) cigarette end. The poet carefully couples images of decadence with images that we usually associate with the modern urban milieu, like steaks and cigarettes. He places these ordinary images into a context that suggests a criticism of the modern world and lifestyle. The point is again emphasized with another image of decadence and dirt in " The grimy scraps". The image of " withered leaves" again points to the winter motif and paints a clear picture of death and decline.
The director shows this by the sounds and angles of the camera during scenes and by the way many people talk at once shows the differences of life between the city and the peacefulness of Samuels home. The close up on Samuel’s face during the murder with the expression of terrified face with a wide open eyes and the tension of the music shows us the corruption of his innocence and the conflict with the world around him there is also another evidence when he tells Eli that he would only kill the bad man. Schaefer, McFee and Fergie go to the Amish world looking for john book they are faced with many obstacles. When thewy first enter arrive at the farm, the soundtrack and the close up view on the guns are there to remind us the violence and show us that that is the only way they could keep their corruption. The gun fires between John Book and McFee are there to represent the violence and even earlier in the film at the parking area, the guns are used as a symbol of thriller and crime.
The unending fog hung on the stones of the dead like a heavy, suffocating sheath, casting relentless misery on all who trespassed through it. Graves were adorned with carnations that glistened under the light of the silvery moon. The sweet scent hid the unpleasantness of the moist environment. Gently, Ivan swiped the dead leaves off a grave marker, dead flowers crinkling in his hand as he replaced them with fresh, blossoming, red roses. One after the other, the teenagers pressed their foreheads against the cold stone of their dear best friend.
On the Sidewalk Bleeding Evan Hunter is the author of the short story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding.” The author uses many techniques to create sympathy for the protagonist, Andy. Andy is six-teen years old and is a part of a gang called the ‘Royals’. The author explores many themes to create a dramatic short story. In this short story the author creates events that try to provoke the reader’s sympathy. Andy is stabbed on the sidewalk beside an alley.
In War Photographer, Carol Ann Duffy discusses the death caused by wars. She writes with strong emotions to convince the reader how horrific a war can be and can lead to endless misery. And through the poem she has use a metaphor 'he a priest preparing to intone a mass' to compare the character as a priest showing how sorrowful the photographer is. Moreover he takes photos during wars which allows him to past on messages to other people about the victims like preaching. Furthermore, the comparison of the photographer and the priest also shows the job the photographer is doing is seem to be very sacred and he takes a high responsibility for this mission.
Because of Morrie, Mitch became a whole new person. Mitch, who was out of work due to an allied strike against the newspaper he writes for, continually reads and notices the homicides, theft, and many other gruesome crimes that serve to juxtapose the evil of the popular culture with the goodness of the world that Morrie has created for himself. Morrie portrays the media as being truly evil, sucking Mitch dry of his passion and ambition, and replacing the goodness of the world with hatred and murder. Morrie tells Mitch that “so many people walk around with a meaningless life” (Albom 23), and spend their life “chasing the wrong things” (Albom, 23). Mitch knew he was right.
Owen wants his reader to feel exactly what he felt about the war, persuade his reader to believe the terror, pain and torture of the war, how devastating can a war effect a human being. He uses imagery and innovative metaphors through the poem. In the first two lines, ‘Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge’, Owen is using figurative language combined with simile and alliteration literary devises to reveal the reality of the war. Soldiers are
Compare the fear and suffering depicted in ‘Out Of The Blue’ and ‘Bayonet Charger’ Out of the Blue, the poem is narrated by a fictional English man caught in the World Trade Center after the terrorist attack on September 11th. The victim describes being in one of the buildings and dictates various emotions, they have observations they make in one of the ‘burning buildings’. All the techniques used in the poem emphasis how helpless the victims of the attack would feel. The recurring theme of death intrigues the reader more and the helpless victim has only one chance to ‘escape’ the situation… death. This also emphasis the strong essence of fear in the poem as it strikes fear upon the reader knowing that this could have happened to them!
The poems "Epitaph" and "The Lynching" are two very similar poems. They both deal with oppression, oral history, slavery, racial prejudice and a cruel act that was done. For both poems the tone is somewhat sad. Both poems also deals with the unjustly death os a man, most likely a slave. The Lynching is about the hanging of a man unjustly and how his body was burnt and left hanging for all to see.