Masayuki Mori

Sweat dropped from Tom’s face, his body physically and mentally exhausted from the lack of rest received . Amongst him lay distraught battle hardened men whom “kill or be killed” was their only motto. The sound of gunfire going from trench to trench made him shiver. men lined in the tight and compacted trench where they would await their destiny which lay over the trench. The mud grabbed hold of Tom’s feet and sucked him deeper into the mud. he was well built structure with strong broad…

Wilfred Owen’s poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” is a scathing condemnation of war that uses vivid and visceral imagery to contradict the idea that battle is glorious. The title of the poem ironically refers to the Latin maxim promoting the sweetness and nobility of war, while the first stanza contradicts this in its depiction of the harsh conditions of the battlefield and the traumatizing aftermath of war. This jarring juxtaposition between the idealism of society and the reality of the soldier’s…

Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem “Facing It” is intentionally composed to create the intense scene of a war veteran from Vietnam going to the war memorial and having momentous flashbacks and reflection. The first focus that the analysis of “Facing It” has is the meaning. The meaning of this poem is to mainly expose how Komunyakaa views war and the influence that he believes race has on war (Kraus 1). The next part of the analysis is the main themes of this poem, which are the brutal experiences of war,…

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…

Dulce et Decorum Est, is a thought turning poem that really challenges the reader to ask him or herself where they stand on certain deep issues. In Dulce et Decorum Est, the author Wilfred Owen, sought after the issues of warfare, patriotism, and different versions of reality. Wilfred Owen addresses these issues by telling the experience one soldier has while coming back from a battle (believed to be during World War I). The soldier describes the turmoil and hardship of war, then tells of a…

metaphor to show the reader how terrible deaths in World War I were and how not every man could die a hero. “Dulce Et Decorum Est” shows that not all of the deaths in war are glorious. The quote this poem is named for, “dulce et decorum est pro patria mori,” can roughly be translated to, “how honorable it is to die for your country,” (Owen). Owen calls this an old lie that society would tell the soldiers as they were shipped off to battle.…

Joey Brefka Honors English II Mrs. Norton 8 November 2017 Title What does war accomplish? Many people have asked this question, some writers have even tried to prove that war does not have positive outcomes. Stephen Crane, author of “War Is Kind,” was a reporter in the Spanish-American war, where 100,000 civilians died. This is just one of many wars that resulted in the death of thousands of soldiers and civilians. Wilfred Owen, author of “Dulce et Decorum Est,” fought in WWI. In addition to…

The poems ‘Anthem for doomed youth’ and ‘Dulce et decorum est’ by Wilfred Owen are both poems that were used to show the horror and mass suffering that world war 1 had on soldiers. Owen effectively used various language features that helped reinforce the idea in the poems of the horrific reality of war. I am going to analyse how these language features had created an effect of the war setting as Owen himself had seen it, through the use of metaphors, similes, alliteration, and various other…

Theme comparison essay between All Quiet on the Western Front and Dulce Et Decorum Est The book All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, and the poems Dulce Et Decorum Est and Suicide in the Trenches are similar because they include some of the same themes like horrors of war and camaraderie. In the book these two themes are used multiple times and in the two poems they are used as well In Dulce Et Decorum Est it showed horrors of war when Wilfred Owen writes “Many had lost their…

TIQA Essay The story “The Dogs Could Teach Me” by Gary Paulsen demonstrated the best example of description. In the story, it says “As I did, I kicked sideways, caught my knee on a sharp snag, and felt the wood enter under the kneecap and tear it loose.” This description of how his knee was torn makes you wince and clutch your own knee in pain as he describes how the injury happens. The explanation he gives makes you picture the vivid scene in action. Description is also shown where it says…