War poet

Did you know that, a kid in Somalia entered a child soldier group to protect himself from bullies, now the kid smokes and uses drugs and does not even remember about his family. Therefore, he now is one of the toughest kids in the area and the organization which recruited does not let him leave.Child soldiers are soldiers, which fight on combat between gangs or countries and they are forced to join. Mostly all end up dead or without one leg, for example a kid in Somalia was shot with an RPG in…

earlier)] the use (originally as a military strategy) of tactics intended to undermine the morale or allegiance of one's opponent or opponents, as opposed to physical force.” There were two types of psychological warfare that was used during the Vietnam War and those two tactics were tactical and strategic psywar. Tactical psywar is “typically an opportunistic operation whereby prisoners or those wishing to surrender in a combat situation are employed to make loudspeaker broadcasts to their…

Plate Armor and The Hundred Years War One of the first well known conflicts where chainmail, hauberks, and counter-weaponry clashed is The Hundred Years War from 1337-1453, which pitted the French against the English. With limited protection from the chainmail, the advent of plate armor began during this long series of battles, and the weapon of choice became the crossbow, which by the 15th century was made entirely of steel, increasing its power and range significantly. While historical…

Miles beyond from the village, regions away. A fierce battle rages between two great armies uder the light of dawn. For many years has this quarrel faced a stalemate, in the end, the casualties are always immense, lives are are lost, and souls are left roaming the land of their demise. The lord of the kingdom Kordan. Philippe Salazar ,leads the offensive with his army through the barrage of boulders engulfed by flames, hailing from the sky. His banner represented by an eagle holding a cross…

“We’ve been talking about this for a good while, the immorality of drones, dropping bombs on innocent people. It’s been over 200 children so far. These are war crimes.” (Gavin) Princeton professor Cornel West says during the Smiley & West radio show. Drone strikes have been an area of controversy, but the topic is usually under the radar in the typical American’s life. This tale of immoral or moral goes further than whether droning people is evil or not. Drones kill hundreds of innocent people,…

meaning to die for one’s country. It was written during the World War 1 by Wilfred Owen in the 1920’s. The poem is known for its terrible imagery and denunciation of war. Also, the poem describes how sweet and honourable it is to die for one’s country. The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner is a five- line poem written by Randall Jarrell and published in the year 1945. The poem talks about the passing of a gunner during the Second World War in a Sperry ball turret in an American bomber aircraft.…

when you fall, you get back up no matter what. In “Private Peaceful” by Michael Morpurgo and the poem written by the poet Wilfred Owen, “Anthem for Doomed Youth”, war is a battle some kids cannot recover from. Kids are being taught how to hold a gun, bombard the enemy, and go through the life changing experience known as “war”. Traumatizing experiences like going off to war can leave a scarring image in someone’s life. In the novel, “ Private Peaceful”, there is a point where they have to…

People go to war coming back changed as a person which is sometimes believed to be better and other times believed to be worse. Many people go to war for the sake of serving the country while others fear war and are scared of all the horrors people believe are involved in the act of going to war. The two poems talk about war but their purpose is different for the reason they are talking about war. The two poems can be compared due to their different points of view, the message the poem is trying…

poetry. Both poets used dactylic hexameter and oral poetry to convey their ideas on the way of the world. While we know both poets lived around the same time, as they reference each other in their works, it is very difficult to say who wrote first and responded to whom made harder by the fact that they used oral traditions to get their poetry and ideas across all of Greece attempting to appeal to as many people as possible. Existing and creating around the same time period the poets had some…

Inspired by the events of the 1991 Gulf War, Gillian Clarke’s Lament effectively describes the impacts of war on the surrounding environment and wildlife. Although written specifically about the Gulf War, the message of the poem can be applied to the present day - using only words, Clarke paints a vivid picture of the effect of humanity’s behaviour on nature and its inhabitants. Similarly, Boey Kim Cheng’s Report to Wordsworth illustrates the extent of the damage done to the environment. Written…