Good Morning Ladies and Gentleman. Today in Anzac Day, we have gathered here to recognize the deplorable event when millions of lives were lost during the World War 1. This event also denotes the time when the Australian and New Zealand army corps were formed after uniting and battling together and joining as one in Gallipoli.
The poem I will be presenting today is a World War 1 poem named “Rain” by a British poet and soldier, Edward Thomas, in 1914. This poem is told from a soldier’s point of view and describes the misery and suffering of experiencing war. Edward Thomas was born in 1878 in England and had always had an interest in poetry. Despite the fact that he believed poetry was the most important type of literature, he had only became …show more content…
Being a soldier and enlisting at the time would let young men claim the title of being a hero for your country, which was what mattered to these people. It never occurred to them that participating the battle would include such tragic and brutal events which would eventually lead to their deaths. These war poems that state the glory and pride of participating in war blinded the audience from the horrifying truth of war. “Rain” is an important war poem because it displays the harsh and cruel reality of war to those with disillusion and misbeliefs of war.
The reader is shown the harsh reality of war through descriptive words of the poem which would let the reader understand what the poet is trying to say. This poet gives his audience an insight to the after effects of being a soldier during the WW1, explaining how it has affected him. His words show that he wishes anyone who he holds close to is having the same experience as him, causing the reader to show …show more content…
The soldier’s thoughts are about how ending his life would not seem as terrible as he originally thought, considering the tragic events happening in this world.
“Blessed are the dead that the rain rains upon” is stated in the poem, meaning that the idea of rain is pursued as being cleansed with the dead being blessed by rain and cleansing them from their sins.
The soldier ponders on about those who he has been close to in the past when he states "But here I pray that none whom I once loved is dying tonight or lying still awake".
He wishes that none of those he had cherished is in a similar situation to him, lying in solitude anticipating death to arrive. He is unable to do anything and lies in stillness with the other dying soldiers around him. The thought of anyone he used to love experiencing the current state of misery that he is feeling at that moment saddens the soldier who is accompanied by nothing but the continuous sound of raindrops
The poem I will be presenting today is a World War 1 poem named “Rain” by a British poet and soldier, Edward Thomas, in 1914. This poem is told from a soldier’s point of view and describes the misery and suffering of experiencing war. Edward Thomas was born in 1878 in England and had always had an interest in poetry. Despite the fact that he believed poetry was the most important type of literature, he had only became …show more content…
Being a soldier and enlisting at the time would let young men claim the title of being a hero for your country, which was what mattered to these people. It never occurred to them that participating the battle would include such tragic and brutal events which would eventually lead to their deaths. These war poems that state the glory and pride of participating in war blinded the audience from the horrifying truth of war. “Rain” is an important war poem because it displays the harsh and cruel reality of war to those with disillusion and misbeliefs of war.
The reader is shown the harsh reality of war through descriptive words of the poem which would let the reader understand what the poet is trying to say. This poet gives his audience an insight to the after effects of being a soldier during the WW1, explaining how it has affected him. His words show that he wishes anyone who he holds close to is having the same experience as him, causing the reader to show …show more content…
The soldier’s thoughts are about how ending his life would not seem as terrible as he originally thought, considering the tragic events happening in this world.
“Blessed are the dead that the rain rains upon” is stated in the poem, meaning that the idea of rain is pursued as being cleansed with the dead being blessed by rain and cleansing them from their sins.
The soldier ponders on about those who he has been close to in the past when he states "But here I pray that none whom I once loved is dying tonight or lying still awake".
He wishes that none of those he had cherished is in a similar situation to him, lying in solitude anticipating death to arrive. He is unable to do anything and lies in stillness with the other dying soldiers around him. The thought of anyone he used to love experiencing the current state of misery that he is feeling at that moment saddens the soldier who is accompanied by nothing but the continuous sound of raindrops