Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

At first glance, The Things They Carried seems like a collection of one man's war stories. But this novel is full of so much more, it talks about love, loss, and recovery. The author, Tim O'Brien, being a veteran of the war himself, used his writing as a way to cope with the trauma he experienced. O'Brien connects these themes though the use of conceit. Conceit is the likening of two very opposite things through figurative language in stories. for example, love and war are completely different,…

In the early 19th century as World War One was declared Henry Newbolt was recruited by the head of Britain's War Propaganda Bureau to help shape and maintain public opinion in favour of the war effort. Shortly after ‘Vitai Lampada’ was published. The poem are is the belief that regardless of the situation the ‘Caption’ is to be obayed at all times, and the reward of ‘his Captain’s hand on his shoulder smote’ is enough to embarke upon the war. The use of ‘smote’ an old fashioned word along with…

the theme of death. Although ‘death’ is not mentioned throughout the poem, the context and situation of the soldiers further depicts the theme of death. Dulce et Decorum Est was written in 1917 while Owen was at Craig Lockhart and was published in 1920. The poem paints a scene of battlefield of soldiers being taken over by a poisonous gas. “Dulce” is a message to a poet and propagandist, Jessie Pope, who had written several enthusiastic poems about the romanticism of war and encouraging those…

Idea: Grief is soul destroying Poems: Sylvia Plath's Mirror and W. H Auden's Stop all the Clocks Although the poems 'Mirror' by Sylvia Plath and 'Stop all the Clocks' by W. H Auden reflect different experiences of grief, they both convey that its repercussions are devastating. Plath's extended metaphor focuses on the pain of aging, whereas Auden's elegy explores the grief of the physical loss of a loved one. The idea of overwhelming grief is evident in the beginning stanza of Stop all the…

War is an overarching theme that is apparent in both poems, both writers use specific diction, stylistic techniques, and literary skills to represent the concept of war. However, the representation of the concept of war is significantly different in both poems. The poem ‘Nothing’s Changed’ by Tatamkhulu Afrika starts with the poet using spondee to create an onomatopoeia, because of this, the poet’s anger is first expressed in short, single, soft sounding word comments such as ‘small’, ‘round’…

Distinctively visual images perceived in the mind of the reader and audience respectively as it will have a positive or negative affect upon their understanding of the text. John Mistos ‘The Shoe Horn Sonata’, leaves the audience vulnerable and open to their own personal perception and unconsciously make a judgement upon the text. His purpose for this play was to make Australians aware of the heroism of the nurses in the Fall of Singapore in WWII. He believed that it was disgraceful that, fifty…

The piece is very tragic, many personifications is used involving children this emphasizing the dread and fear for the refugees, and how soon they will have almost no freedom. The lament "Refugee Blues," was written by W.H. Auden in 1939, in the beginning of World War Two. The word “Refugee” in the title means a person who has to run away from his or her country, due to be treated badly. The word "blues" refers to slow and sad songs that were first sung by African slaves. Each stanza has…

The Curses of War There are many intimations and reasons as to why war is a curse some of those are found in “The Morally Injured” by Tyler Boudreau, “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles and the Odyssey by Homer. For example, war is a curse because it haunts soldiers with painful experiences. This is seen in “The Morally Injured” by Tyler Boudreau when he says “Since the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, there’s been...“invisible wounds of war…Thousands of veterans…in a state of mental collapse……

The distinctively visual qualities allow composers to effectively explore significant aspects of life and give responders an insight into human suffering and strength. John Misto successfully conveys this notion thoroughly in his play ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ that demonstrates an emotional and physical response from its audience. Through the experiences of the main characters, Bridie and Sheila, Misto creates vivid and distinctive images of the suffering they endured and the strength they had to…

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…