RD2 Language, Usage, & Style
Employing a strong portrayal and manipulation of diction, syntax, and tone, Kipling’s purpose for writing “A Death-Bed” was a combination of a personal and world conflict- World War I (Agamben, et al, Web). This poem was addressing a misfortune common to the people for whom he wrote, the suffering, the sacrifice, the injustice, and the difficulties everyone endured. “The war was forced on me by my foes. All that I sought was the right to live.” Lines (33-34). He empathized with the people who had lost so many things because of the war, and he used the fame of his poems to bring a perspective to the situation regarding what people lost to it.
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The poem portrays all that the soldiers have endured regardless of what party they belonged to. There was nothing that could be done about it once the war broke out except to honor those who took part in the event and lost their lives; Kipling recognized this- “‘There is neither Evil nor Good in life. Except as the needs of the State ordain.’[Since it is rather too late for the knife, all we can do is mask the pain.]” Lines (19-20). He mourns the loss of these people; especially his son of course. The use of a tone such as this adds meaning to the poem in the sense that it provides a powerful sense of the need to mourn the people who were victims of this event and honor those who served and survived. For all the people that endured and suffered at the degree known during World War I, this poem serves as a message that all they did was not forgotten and even though actions cannot be redeemed, awareness can be brought upon people to take a better course of action the next time there is a threat of a repetition of horrible events such as this one. Through Kipling’s evocative tone in every one of his works that is dedicated to the consciousness of an event of this magnitude, he acts as a messenger to those who may not understand the expenses of being directly affected by a war as he very well understood; to those who did understand, his work honored and reflected that he understood the importance of an event that would leave a long-lasting impression for the rest of
Employing a strong portrayal and manipulation of diction, syntax, and tone, Kipling’s purpose for writing “A Death-Bed” was a combination of a personal and world conflict- World War I (Agamben, et al, Web). This poem was addressing a misfortune common to the people for whom he wrote, the suffering, the sacrifice, the injustice, and the difficulties everyone endured. “The war was forced on me by my foes. All that I sought was the right to live.” Lines (33-34). He empathized with the people who had lost so many things because of the war, and he used the fame of his poems to bring a perspective to the situation regarding what people lost to it.
Through the use of a strong, passionate, critical, and descriptive choice …show more content…
The poem portrays all that the soldiers have endured regardless of what party they belonged to. There was nothing that could be done about it once the war broke out except to honor those who took part in the event and lost their lives; Kipling recognized this- “‘There is neither Evil nor Good in life. Except as the needs of the State ordain.’[Since it is rather too late for the knife, all we can do is mask the pain.]” Lines (19-20). He mourns the loss of these people; especially his son of course. The use of a tone such as this adds meaning to the poem in the sense that it provides a powerful sense of the need to mourn the people who were victims of this event and honor those who served and survived. For all the people that endured and suffered at the degree known during World War I, this poem serves as a message that all they did was not forgotten and even though actions cannot be redeemed, awareness can be brought upon people to take a better course of action the next time there is a threat of a repetition of horrible events such as this one. Through Kipling’s evocative tone in every one of his works that is dedicated to the consciousness of an event of this magnitude, he acts as a messenger to those who may not understand the expenses of being directly affected by a war as he very well understood; to those who did understand, his work honored and reflected that he understood the importance of an event that would leave a long-lasting impression for the rest of