The enthusiasm of winning the war and the confidence that it would be over by Christmas was very high. His deep love of his Country is very moving and the respect he shows for the English people is quite evident. This sonnet encompasses the memoirs of a deceased soldier who declares his patriotism to his homeland by declaring that his sacrifice will be the eternal ownership of England of a small portion of land upon which he
¿Poetry invites us to explore interesting ideas. Bruce Dawe effectively does this through his use of language in war poetry. Bruce Daweâs Homecoming, predominantly focuses on the dehumanization of the soldiers at war as it is an antiwar protest poem. It talks about the process and meaning, of grieving and treatment of the soldiers in Vietnam. The words âmortuary coolnessâ accurately describes the mood or emotion felt in this poem, as it is rather passive for an antiwar poem.
There are many symbols in the novel A Separate Peace but one that definitely stands out would be World War II. In the novel this tragic war symbolizes an indefinite amount of things like the arrival of adulthood to the triumph of the competitive spirit over innocent play and most importantly it symbolizes conflict. This relates to one of the major themes in the novel, questioning one’s identity. Gene throughout the whole story is someone who doesn’t really know who he is and he feels that enlisting in the war would be something that would help him find himself. Enlisting in the war would help him feel more secure about where he stands at that point in his life.
The Horses By: Edwin Muir I chose this poem because it is a poem, which contains a strong theme. The poem is about the aftermath of a war in which all technology and means of communication have failed the survivors. This forces everyone to resort to a more old-fashioned and basic way of life. This is brought about by the arrival of the horses. The main theme of this poem focuses on both failed and successful references to communication and technology.
to describe his fathers actions (Noticeable how the two words contradict and contrast each other which shows how men went to fight during The First World War as themselves, and returned a changed person). Hughes is linking his language with in the poem to the title and topic of football using those two words, as its rather relatable to the commentary of a football match, the sort of short, quick words to be used in short spaces to describe events in the game. Tension is built up during 'Full Moon and little Frieda' by Hughes closely detailing unnoticeable, small and intricate things, he is able to create tension to intesify the end. Using such phrases such as ' A sipders web is "tense for the dews touch", which he uses to present the stasis and stillness of life. Where as the image of a pail full of water,
By reading only the first stanza in Bayonet Charge, you start to get the impression that the soldier being described is a hard-working man who would do anything for his country. In this stanza, words like ‘sweat heavy’ and ‘patriotic tear’ are used. This is effective as it shows to true work epic of a good soldier. This is similar to next to of course god america I as the speaker is as patriotic as the soldier in Bayonet Charge. The speaker starts the poem by saying ‘next to of course god america i love you’.
How does Siegfried Sassoon create the theme of conflict in his poem The Hero? Siegfried Sassoon was an English poet, writer and soldier he was born on the 8th September 1886 and joined the British Army just as the threat of WWI was realised. He was promoted to a Lieutenant and then a Captain during his service in the war and was awarded the military cross for his courage. He was a brave solider and was nick named “mad jack” by officers he fought alongside for his near-suicidal exploits. He hated the conflict which he witnessed and started a protest which he went about through poetry.
Both “The Soldier” and “Dulce et Decorum Est” are poems written by soldiers in World War I about the war. “The Soldier” comes from the beginning of World War I in 1914, while “Dulce et Decorum Est” comes from the end of the war in 1917. “The Soldier” portrays death in the war as bittersweet, explaining that even if the narrator dies his burial place will always have the essence of England, his home country. In contrast, “Dulce et Decorum Est” portrays the war realistically, portraying the fear and raggedness of the soldiers when trying to survive in the trenches. Both poems have many common elements but are very different.
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.
Dunya Mikhail portrays the realities of war through the use of personification and lack of punctuation. As you can see the structure of the poem almost resembles that of a list, creating the effect of life during the war, long and routine. Through the use of action verbs such as swings, summons and digs for example she is using this language to show what the war does by giving it human qualities (read examples). The start of the poem (read first 3 lines) has quite a sarcastic tone and I think this shows how she feels towards the military glorifying war, doing whatever they can to convince you to join. As the poem progresses, Mikhail begins to mock the routine of war, (wakes the sirens…dispatches ambos…swings corpses through the air) therefore showing us the harmful effects of war.