How is conflict presented in the poems Futility and The Charge of the Light Brigade? The title of Wilfred Owen’s ‘Futility’ captures the dominant sense of uselessness and helplessness in relation to conflict, felt by the soldiers in the face of their comrade’s recent death. 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. In contrast Tennyson’s Charge depicts a disastrous battle during the Crimean War and therefore shows the disbelief and horror of conflict.
Unexpected and contrasting descriptions of the soldiers such as referring to them as “bent double, like old beggars under sacks”, and associating them with animals by referring to them as “blood shod”, also changes the reader’s perception of what conditions were like during the war. In relation to their harsh portrayal, Owen uses similes such as “coughing like hags” to help produce a pitiful sense of anguish for the soldiers, as well as, for emphasis on their weariness, and both mental and physical strain, verbs such as “trudge”, “limped” and “bent”. Another technique used in the last line of the stanza, to accentuate the secrecy and display the soldiers’ unawareness, is the sibilance in the ironic line of “gas-shells dropping softly behind”. In contrast to the first stanza, the second stanza is filled with action. One of the primary techniques used to speed up the pace is that of repetition and use of punctuation, as seen in the line” Gas!
The bonds we create during the season last forever. Our friendships last a life time. We help each other and work hard, at the crack of dawn for 18 weeks just to put on a 10 minute show during half time at the Varsity Football team, but is not just about the show, its having the sense of you having a second family, a home away from home. Even though Marching band and music is my passion, I’m pursuing a future career in the medical
The title of the poem, Dulce Et Decorum Est is a contradiction of what the poem is about. Owen displays war as not sweet, but brutal and hard hitting. I will portray how this poem deals with issues of war by focusing on the structure, imagery, word choice and the poems message in this poem. The poem consist of four stanzas and is about how badly represented the soldiers are fighting to keep Britain safe. The poem starts with what the soldiers actually look like.
Comparing Romeo and Juliet to War Poems Having looked at five war poems, three anti-war and two pro-war. It is apparent that conflict is shown through different techniques used by the poets, such as visual imagery, economical language and monosyllabic words, which are very effective. The main poem I have analysed is Dulce et Decorum Est. This is very much an anti-war poem written by Wilfred Owen. In this poem, Owen is exposing and expressing his pain and the futility of war.
When life seems to be at it's most stressfull, I try to practice slowing down, and finding thoughts that bring me back to a place where I can be calm. Another lesson my grandfather taught me about life was, that it was okay to accept help from others. I will admit at times he was very stubborn about accepting help himself, yet he was always happy to have someone by his side to help him along the road. I often think back about all the wonderful times I would have missed with my grandfather had he been in a hurry. I would never have heard so many wonderful stories, and I wouldn't have learned many of the life lessons that he taught and shared with me.
The main technique that I felt gave the most meaning to the poem was the use of imagery throughout; this is mostly literal which makes for quite harrowing reading. The first stanza uses imagery to describe a wretched scene, of soldiers exhausted, bleeding and injured. It also gives the impression that there weren’t enough supplies to provide replacement boots for these brave men, and once they are on the front line those in power forget about them. Despite all that, these brave men continued onwards, loyal to the fight desperately seeking a base to recuperate. You get a real sense of Owen’s tiredness of the war in this stanza.
There is no doubt that his personal experiences and observations enabled him to express the ugliness of the war to those who may have no idea otherwise. In his poem, “Dulce et Decorum Est”, Owen depicts an event during the war through his eyes. The poem allows readers to grasp the horror that took place, but also provides insight into Owen’s mind. No poet has ever captured the ills of war in such chilling truth before Owen had. He opened the door to what few people imagined could be depicted by tapping into his horrific memories, but questions of his allegiance to his country arise when taking a deeper look into the life and works of Owen.
Body paragraph 3: All Quiet on the Western Front has a similar notion to I Was Only 19. The soldiers are stuck with horrible memories and painful thoughts form the war, “so you closed your eyes and thought about something else” and death is always on their mind. I Was Only 19 shows how horrific the nature of war really was and it is clear that in the novel and the song the authors have both used different representations to develop their ideas of war and allow the audience to connect in a more personal way.
In “Dulce et Decorum Est” the poet described exhausted soldiers returning from a battle. They became the victims of a gas attack and the poet described what followed. The tone of the poem was serious but effective. The language used created a vivid picture of the events. It was easy to imagine the exhausted soldiers “bent double, like old beggars under sacks” and “drunk with fatigue.” The suddenness of the gas attack and the urgent voices were mimicked by the capital letters in “Gas!