I think what happens in the poem is a war. The message could be what the truth about wars…
Nancy Keesing’s ‘Children’ is a poem using comparison to explain the horrors faced by children in war-torn countries through poetic devices like assonance, similes, and juxtaposing repetition. Firstly “tossed, exploded, torn, disjointed” is an example of assonance seen in stanza 3, lines 3-4. This example of assonance places emphasis on the pain felt by defenceless children during war as each word describes a form of violence against them. In addition, repetition is used between the phrases “all under such a peaceful sky” and “all under such another sky”, this is a clear transition from one scene to another, with the first being the beach and the second being an area of conflict. This example uses juxtaposition to get a point across, there…
Range Finding is composed of two stanzas, in which consist of unequal lines. (The first stanza consists of 8 lines, while the second stanza has 6.) This consists of 14 line breaks, individually standing alone and telling a story, yet there is no need to pause as if you were reading an end-stopped sentence. Each line Frost has written is a beautiful enjambment of its own. The overall shape of this poem is perceived from more of a conveying meaning rather than a verbal significance.…
Throughout the last seven weeks I have learned a lot as a writer through reading works written by Johnson, Dawkins, Barthelme, and King. Through analyzing their techniques and continuing to practice I have become a better fiction writer. These writers have taught me how to use concrete sensory detail to reveal emotion and tone. In addition, they taught me the importance of white space, poetic language, building tension, and creating dialogue that reveals character. While writing my midterm story, Don't Run, I worked to embed many of these elements into the piece.…
How does The Charge of the Light Brigade and Exposure show the writers’ opinions on war? The Charge of the Light Brigade (written by Alfred Lord Tennyson) was set in the Crimean war and the battle of Balaclava. Exposure however was set in the middle of World War 1, the poet Wilfred Owen was a soldier on the frontline during this war. Unfortunately, Wilfred Owen passed away exactly one week before ‘D’ day.…
Robin Coste Lewis’ poem “ From: To:” is English sonnet with 14 lines divided into quatrains and ending with two couplets. Lewis eschews the conventional rhyme scheme of the English sonnet and instead favors the use of enjambments to add nuance to the poem. The speaker of the poem is a narrator because they describe a marginalized group of people who are given temporary permission to have a voice. This is done through the use of poetic devices, imagery, and allusions to past outrages in order to elucidate a picture in which hypocrisy, ignorance, and complacency all combine to form a piece of propaganda.…
“The Light Brigade” The “Light Brigade” is a very dramatic poem that is based on 600 men charging into cannon fire. The soldiers knew they had a certainty of death, but they did what they had to do without question. The soldiers had a hope that they would succeed, but at what cost for getting a few cannons from the Russians? What confuses the reader is why they charged in the first place.…
The second line of the poem illustrates the physical condition that the soldiers were in 'Knock-kneed' slows down the tempo. The seventh line uses both alliteration by writing 'Drunk with fatigue' and a hyperbole to give us the image that the soldiers were exhausted, it also suggests that the soldiers were experiencing a lot of pain. 'Drunk with Fatigue' is used to tell us that the soldiers were physically exhausted. In the second stanza, there is a big contrast and there is an instant change of mood in the poem.…
The poem I have chosen to analysis is Eve Of Destruction by Barry McGuire. Barry McGuire is an American singer and songwriter, he is known for the hit song Eve of destruction. He was born on October 15, 1935 and is currently 81. In 1961 Barry released his first single called “The Tree”. This was not a hit but later in 1962 he started performing duo’s and continued to perform many which became great hits.…
This image demonstrates the brutality and harshness through imagery. The reader can just imagine a field full of death due to the imagery in this line. This poem also states that the soldiers were, “Raged at his breast, gulped and died”( 14). This quote demonstrates the brutality of death by using words such as raged and gulped. This creates strong sensory for the reader.…
Kenneth Slessor, born 1901, was one of our nation’s first poets to break away from past traditions and adopt a Modernist style of writing. In particular, two pieces ‘Five Bells’ (written 1935-1938) and ‘Beach Burial’ (written 1942) both hold universal ideas, which make Slessors poetry speak to any audience. These ideas speak to me, a young person in the 21st century and make me realize that time and memories go by so quick. The sophistication of Slessor’s textual integrity in to these ideas are lifelong preoccupations which the artist remains loyal. Through Slessor’s choice of language, form and poetic feature, I believe he creates distinctive poetry of enduring value that goes beyond its original context, which was first influenced by American…
World War 1 was believed to be the war that would end all wars. It was new, exciting and was expected to be over before the Christmas of 1914. Then, 4 years later, after gruesome trench warfare and severe casualties, our views on war changed completely. The days of enthusiastic enlistment dissolved, while the horrifying reality about the battlefield emerged. This change in beliefs, and the influence of generations, can be seen accurately through the poems, “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen and “Pro Patria” by Owen Seaman.…
The poem relates to The War of the Words because of the desperation that it communicates. The people facing the Martian invasion realize they are on the verge of the apocalypse, just like Whittier. Although the problems they face…
The last stanza emphasizes that war destroys the soul of one being, and this is shown as the author uses abstract nouns such as: “strength,” “humanity,” and “entirety.” Overall, the hopeless tone and the use of vivid language deliberately creates a dark image of the society to the readers, conveying the message that the baby will lose its pureness once they come out into the real world and that it might be better if the baby elected death instead of life. Hide and Seek is thematically and structurally similar to Prayer Before Birth. Hide and Seek describes the sinister childhood where the character hides in the bushes, but his best friends all leave him alone during a game of hide and seek.…
Even a century long time after his death, Wilfred Owen is still famous for his war poetry written during World War 1. In his poem, Owen uses various language techniques to vividly illustrate the horrendous reality of the war. Hence, he communicates his own anti-war feelings implied beneath his techniques. However, although he is now known as an anti-war poet, for once, he had been a naive boy, who had volunteered to fight in war. At first, he was thrilled to fight for one’s country.…