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“War is Kind” by Stephen Crane is a poem extremely critical of war and questions if the war and the death and destructions that the results are truly worth it. Crane uses sarcasm and irony to move the reader to be critical towards war and to see the pain it the causes. The pain suffered by the soldier is obvious, but this poem shows the pain that family members of the soldiers suffer as well. The repeated chorus, “Do not weep/for war is kind,” ties the emotional experience and the actual…

The article "Iraq Anniversary: How Poetry Played a Part in the War in Iraq" is an article is about the war in Iraq and the impact which was brought about by poetry. The poems in this articles display different features of style,this author mentions John, a platoon commander, who narrates the journey of poetry in war through his contribution and also the contribution of others. After war John acquires a masters in poetry and becomes a pioneer of war poetry through consulting his friends on war…

disillusionment is that the change came about because of the trench poets’ direct experience of the war’s horrific front lines (…). (Stout 29) Two contrastive poems are “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke and “To Germany” by Charles Hamilton Sorley. The poets clearly had different opinions on war when they wrote the poems: While Brooke writes in a romantic, patriotic way (c.f. Kendall 87) about the war in 1914, Sorley addresses the enemy directly and unemotionally (c.f. Kendall 86) in April 1915. I…

Owen uses tone to convey the brutality and bitterness of the many, young deaths as a result of the First World War. One example of his pessimistic attitude is evident in the title itself - ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’. The key words ‘doomed youth’ clearly capture that there was no hope for the fate of his generation, whose destiny, which awaited them, was just to die young. The oxymoronic title signifies that the war was so barbaric, death was an inevitable outcome of it. Another example of Owen’s…

Dulce Et Decorum Est is a poem written by Wilfred Owen following his own experience in the trenches during the Great War. His poem is based on the death of a fellow solider and how he was haunted by the brutality of war. The rhyme scheme to this poem is chaotic. First we have an octave, followed by a set-set, then a couplet and finally a 12 line stanza. Stanza one starts with the conventional ABABCDCD pattern in, however in the second stanza the rhyme scheme becomes abrupt. The stanza breaks…

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…

The song ¨Like Toy Soldier¨ by the artist Eminem, speaks about his issues revolving around violence that he has encountered throughout his lifetime. These types of feuds led to his closest friends and family to get involved. In the song he refers to himself along with his friends as ¨toy soldiers¨, in a pointless battle where there is no winner. He portrays himself as a fearless leader, who makes decisions based on the benefit for those around him. The character being described in the situation,…

The Graduate The sequence that I have chosen for analysis is the scene after the party and Dustin is moping in his room, until he puts his hand in the fish tank to pull out his keys. The scene begins with Mrs. Robinson bursting in on Benjamin. The sound of the door is quite loud in the small space, making it much more intrusive than it might normally have been and possibly drawing a metaphor about her entry not just into his room but into his private life. Her voice is totally calm…

War is considered by many to be one of humanity’s central traits as an advancing species and as such it holds a heavy influence on our past, present and future. From warring tribes in Africa during the dawn of man to the great Empires of Greece and Persia warfare has always been present, whether this war is for defense of a homeland and families, to conquest for more power and wealth or freedom from persecution and oppression. These forces drive mankind and have pushed us technologically and…

front, experiencing shellshock. Owen developed his war poetry by getting inspiration from Siegfried Sassoon who was a poet himself. (bbc.co.uk) Rupert Brooke was also a soldier who fought In World war 1, but did not experience it fully, due to his death in 1915, when the war was not over at all. Through the poems of Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke, form, structural devices, figurative language, and sound devices will be explored further to show the contrast in viewpoint of glory between the two…