Dulce et Decorum Est

In Carl Sandburg’s Grass the ideology of how grass covers all evil in the world is portrayed. In the poem the speaker talks about the many wars in the history of the world, and how they are all covered up by the grass. The in lines two and six, “Shovel them under and let me work” is repeated showing how the speaker (the grass) covers up war by growing over the bodies of those lost in the war. Towards the end of the poem the speaker mentions how the passengers do not know where they are. This is…

Charles Baudelaire's "Duellum" has been translated many times, and below there are five excerpts that act as examples of these numerous translations. This essay will attempt to assess each of the five translations from different translators to ascertain as to which stands out among the five translations. In evaluating which is the best translation, special attention will be paid on the diction, rhythm, metaphors, rhymes, and similes utilized in each poem. These details will help shape the…

The picture shows the graphic intensity of war. This is a picture of a man who has been gassed, presumably by Cl2. Cl2 was a gas used by both sides that irritated the eyes, lungs, and skin; it is a very nasty gas that is lethal and toxic. The man is lying on a stretcher, he has been shot, and it looks like he has been shot multiple times as spots of deep color are shown on his clothes. These dark spots look similar to an entry wound that blood is pouring out of. The bandage on his head is most…

People often wonder what the most powerful force in the universe is. Is it some otherworldly power that guides all of our actions? Is it love? Mario Vargas Llosa would without a doubt say literature. In his essay entitled “Why Literature?” Vargas Llosa argues that literature should stop being viewed as a pastime and start being seen for what it really is: an absolute necessity. Throughout the essay, he backs his argument with several premises highlighting the different functions of literature.…

lifeless bodies in the reader’s mind. He uses this imagery to show not only the reader, but to silently explain the result of war. Death is the only prize when playing the game of war. Another example of this literary device is in the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est”. Owen descriptively explains having to watch his fellow soldier die when he writes “Behind the that we flung him in, and watch the white writhing in his face” (18-19). He uses imagery to describe personal and real events that happen on…

Writers protest war using imagery, irony, and structure. Imagery is vital in showing civilians war. In “War Is Kind” by Stephen Crane, readers can see “[a] field where a thousand corpses lie”(11 Crane). This reveals the effects of war. In “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen a horrific event, ”If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood”(21 Owen), takes place. In Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers the disgust of war is displayed to the audience through the author’s words, “...the husks of dogs…

political views before social media? They used other forms of media. Through television, prose, theatre, art and poetry, individuals have cemented their names and opinions into history. “Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” by Randall Jarrell and “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen are selections of poetry that were deemed important enough artistically, politically, emotionally, or all of the above. Both authors have a clear political message. Both messages resonate through time in a way Facebook…

War has been in the world since the start of humans. Many people encourage it while other don’t. In the poem Who's for the Game? By Jessie Pope, and the poem Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen both of them are about war. Jessie Pope's poem was written first then Owens followed. The two poems are different in the way of views of war. Pope, talks how you cannot get hurt and that you should go for your country, while Owen's is a poem from what war actually is not what the people think it is.…

In’ War Photographer’, Duffy uses an oxymoronic title to contrast ‘war’ with suffering and death with a ‘photographer’ as life, peace and memories to present life and death. To highlight the contrast, the poem is laid out in four regular six-line stanzas. This rigid structure shows that the job of a photographer is methodological and systematic in the way he sets out the film - “spools of suffering” and “in ordered rows” to restore order on the destruction and bloodshed of “The hundred agonies”…

The motive of many movies and poems is to entertain and educate. Over the years of endless English classes, we learn that entertainment is not always funny and education is not always facts and dates. By watching movies, the watcher gets to have a better understanding of how a situation actually went, rather than reading bullet points of facts on a PowerPoint slide. Poems give the reader visuals by having comparisons and detailed adjectives. A main event that is frequently brought up and taught…