Et Cetera

practically adored the idea of one freely giving their life for their countries sake, which is no doubt honorable and brave, but not so much idealistic for those actually experiencing the traumas of war. In former soldier, Wilfred Owen’s poem, Dulce et Decorum Est, he emphasizes the reality of war and it’s actual lack of beauty for those whose life’s are sacrificed and seized through the use of diction, imagery, and figurative language. Owen’s effective diction stresses the gruesome truths on…

During the war, there was a man named, Joseph Favre Baldwin. He was born August 3, 1892, in Tyler, Texas. Baldwin attended Tulane Medical School and the Virginia Military Academy. Baldwin graduated in 1915 to enlist into the U.S. Army as a surgeon. On August 7, 1918, Baldwin was killed when an artillery shell hit him near the front lines in France. The Favre Baldwin Post American Legion was named after him. When the war ended, there was a delay in getting bodies of soldiers home, which started…

It is amazing how “Regeneration” by Pat Baker and Wilfred Owens poetry such as “Dulce Et Decorum Est”, transmit facts about the war. Both "Regeneration" and “Dulce Et Decorum Est” give a very poignant representation of the war as it really was. In his poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est”, Wilfred Owen freely communicate to his readers the horrible experience of the war. He does not try to lost the reader or let him wonder what is going on in the poem instead he is giving a clear story about what happened…

for life with the grotesque things they witness daily. This act of involuntary remembrance is shown through both Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est" and Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. With the support from Kimberly Lutz and an article from Poetry for Students this message of the war never truly leaving the soldier can be shown. In Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est", the speaker talks of seeing "him" in their dreams. Even though the speaker has left the war at this point in the…

In Homecoming by Bruce Dawe and Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen, the two authors used a range of poetic devices to represent their messages and theme. Dulce Et Decorum Est message is about the authors time in the war and their experience with gas attacks during world war 1 where as Homecoming is about bringing the dead soldiers home from Vietnam war. The two poems have the same overall anti-war message presenting that the idea of war is waste. Both Authors have used some similar as well as…

Death is often viewed as a tragic, terrible event, yet it it also often romanticized. Despite the horror that was World War I, emphasis is often placed on the heroic bravery of the soldiers. Likewise, the ancient Greeks glorified death, especially death in battle. Kleos, a word which roughly translates as “glory” or “reputation,” perfectly represents the Greek desire to be remembered as a hero. The Odyssey, written by Homer, critiques this desire by showing how the pursuit of kleos inevitably…

Described within the poem Horace shares or “sings” to Pompeius, his friend, a welcoming. This poem entails the friendship shared between the two during their enlistment in the war on the side of Brutus as well as during the breaks between of the Battle of Philippi. Horace initially explains how the poor leadership of Brutus led to the demise of the army, its people and the battle. He continues to explain how he had fled early in the war while Pompeius had decided to remain behind, continuing to…

EA 3.2 Literary Analysis: character analysis Is a person wrong for wanting to keep their traditions and live by them? The Igbo people are people of war. They thrive through the blood of those who had done them wrong. They had their own complex society in which others from the outside world wouldn't understand. They lived in peace until a missionary came to the village. He proclaimed that what they do is wrong and that God will judge them on judgement day. The igbo people thought the missionary…

Digging Deeper in the Work of Stephan Crane The Red Badge of Courage by Stephan Crane is one of a kind novel, in which the author romanticizes the character of Henry Fleming as a way to portray the reality of war. In the opening chapters of the novel, Crane establishes the setting, mood, and main characters of the story. Thus, the reader is made aware of the fact that the immediate society is being faced with a civil war, a war between the North and the South. Within the lenses of naturalism,…

He introduces the poem with the buzz saw rattling, the breeze drawing across, and the sun setting and describing the five mountain ranges one behind another. The tone used here is calm, but it immediately changes when the tragic accident occurs to a depressing and sorrowful tone. The poet uses examples of figurative language like personifying the saw, "the saw leaped ... leaped out at the boy's hand" and onomatopoeia, 'snarled and rattled'. The poems use a range of literary devices to convey…