Wilfred Owen’s "Anthem for Doomed Youth" and Rupert Brooke's "The
Soldier" express opposing views towards war in general.
In "The Soldier" Brooke represents the dream of war, and in "Anthem for doomed youth" Owen reveals the reality of war. Both the poems were written during the era of the Great War but they do not share the same ideas about death in war. Brooke glorifies war in a nationalistic way through his poem while Owen opposes war by portraying the horrors of it.
The two poets also have two different agendas. The purpose of Owens poem is to discourage youth to choose war, while Brooke tries to persuade youth to go to war by sharing a superficial, jingoistic idealism over war which was common at the time. His poem can even be seen as …show more content…
He therefore has an experience of war.
Owen sets the poem up in sonnet form. Him calling it an “anthem” suggests a rousing or uplifting song for a specific cause. However, in this case it is the opposite. Perhaps he does this in order to contradict many of the “anthems” which were being played at the time. It is a poem that criticizes war and exposes its true gore and terror. “Doomed youth” stands for the lost generation in the war; the millions of young men that lost their lives. Therefore, the poem being a sonnet is quite ironic.
Owen splits the poem into two stanzas. The first contains eight lines, thus an octet. A rhetorical question is raised in the opening line which is then later on answered in the remaining seven lines of the stanza. This method is then repeated in the second stanza which is a sestet. Normally, a traditional Shakespearean sonnet would include a shift in tone between the two stanzas but instead, Owen holds the same tone throughout the poem which emphasizes his ironic choice of a …show more content…
The poem was written before he headed off to war.
Brooke's poem fits the sonnet form almost perfectly. He includes words such as "flowers", "love" and "rivers" which suggests the poem being a sort of love story between him and England. The first four lines of his poem are patriotic; "If I should die, think only this of me in that rich earth a richer dust concealed" which suggests that he is willing to die for his country. Throughout the poem, it is obvious that Brooke is honored to be English, “A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware” describes that his remains would be a part on England itself.
Broke uses images to highlight his affection for England. He personifies England in order to emphasize his love for it, as if it were a person. England is personified as a motherly figure who raised him.
Brooke uses images to stress his love for England even further. He wants to portray that love for a country is natural and
Soldier" express opposing views towards war in general.
In "The Soldier" Brooke represents the dream of war, and in "Anthem for doomed youth" Owen reveals the reality of war. Both the poems were written during the era of the Great War but they do not share the same ideas about death in war. Brooke glorifies war in a nationalistic way through his poem while Owen opposes war by portraying the horrors of it.
The two poets also have two different agendas. The purpose of Owens poem is to discourage youth to choose war, while Brooke tries to persuade youth to go to war by sharing a superficial, jingoistic idealism over war which was common at the time. His poem can even be seen as …show more content…
He therefore has an experience of war.
Owen sets the poem up in sonnet form. Him calling it an “anthem” suggests a rousing or uplifting song for a specific cause. However, in this case it is the opposite. Perhaps he does this in order to contradict many of the “anthems” which were being played at the time. It is a poem that criticizes war and exposes its true gore and terror. “Doomed youth” stands for the lost generation in the war; the millions of young men that lost their lives. Therefore, the poem being a sonnet is quite ironic.
Owen splits the poem into two stanzas. The first contains eight lines, thus an octet. A rhetorical question is raised in the opening line which is then later on answered in the remaining seven lines of the stanza. This method is then repeated in the second stanza which is a sestet. Normally, a traditional Shakespearean sonnet would include a shift in tone between the two stanzas but instead, Owen holds the same tone throughout the poem which emphasizes his ironic choice of a …show more content…
The poem was written before he headed off to war.
Brooke's poem fits the sonnet form almost perfectly. He includes words such as "flowers", "love" and "rivers" which suggests the poem being a sort of love story between him and England. The first four lines of his poem are patriotic; "If I should die, think only this of me in that rich earth a richer dust concealed" which suggests that he is willing to die for his country. Throughout the poem, it is obvious that Brooke is honored to be English, “A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware” describes that his remains would be a part on England itself.
Broke uses images to highlight his affection for England. He personifies England in order to emphasize his love for it, as if it were a person. England is personified as a motherly figure who raised him.
Brooke uses images to stress his love for England even further. He wants to portray that love for a country is natural and