Blood is a sacrifice when it comes to fighting in war. "Inspection" written by Wilfred Owen explores the idea of a soldier who comes to uniform inspection with a blood stain and yet, these blood stains are from the hard battle he had fought in the war. The poem presents the idea of the way soldiers are treated, blood being treated as dirt, and the sacrifice soldiers have to make in war. Through the use of diction, allusion, metaphor and colloquialism, Owen has explained the blood which is shed during the war.
Right at the outset of the poem, Owen has used diction to describe the commander shouting at the soldier in a vitriolic tone. "You! What d'you mean by this." This is used to describe how soldiers were treated during the war and the hardship …show more content…
The allusion derived from the bible in Genesis 2:7 "Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being," suggests that blood stays forever. To continue this idea, the poet has used metaphor, "The world is washing out its stains" to indicate no matter how hard the soldiers have worked to fight for their country, at the end of the war, few people greeted them back despite the large numbers farewelling the soldiers at the beginning of the war. The poet has also used diction, "It doesn't like our cheeks so red" where "It" refers to the soldiers and "red" represents elation. This is used to describe the society as not wanting soldiers to be happy and they do not care about them. Finally Owen has used diction, "God", to compare how the field-marshal is treated after the war compared to the soldiers. This is used to inform us of the great sacrifice soldiers have done to save the lives of others and how little they get even though they experienced most of the hard
Right at the outset of the poem, Owen has used diction to describe the commander shouting at the soldier in a vitriolic tone. "You! What d'you mean by this." This is used to describe how soldiers were treated during the war and the hardship …show more content…
The allusion derived from the bible in Genesis 2:7 "Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being," suggests that blood stays forever. To continue this idea, the poet has used metaphor, "The world is washing out its stains" to indicate no matter how hard the soldiers have worked to fight for their country, at the end of the war, few people greeted them back despite the large numbers farewelling the soldiers at the beginning of the war. The poet has also used diction, "It doesn't like our cheeks so red" where "It" refers to the soldiers and "red" represents elation. This is used to describe the society as not wanting soldiers to be happy and they do not care about them. Finally Owen has used diction, "God", to compare how the field-marshal is treated after the war compared to the soldiers. This is used to inform us of the great sacrifice soldiers have done to save the lives of others and how little they get even though they experienced most of the hard