The Horses The poem " The Horses " by Edwin Muir opens with the devastation of a nuclear war. ... The poem is about a nuclear war which has lasted for seven days and has 'put the world to sleep'. ... In the first few verses of the poem the writer uses a variety of interesting word choices. ... The theme of the poem is the effect war and technology has had on our lives. The structure of the poem is in free verse. ...
Abercrombie warns in this poem, "Kindly do not touch, it's war."" This poem takes place in the land of Hush-A-Bye in the days of Yore. ... Abercrombie chose to employ a number of symbols in this poem. ... Multiple negative connotations develop in this poem. ... This poem is one of many undiscovered geniuses. ...
John Betjeman's poem "In Westminster Abbey" is set in the beginning of World War II in Great Britain. ... In this poem, John Betjeman is elegantly satirizing the attitudes and visions of Britain's elite. ... Throughout the whole poem, John Betjeman makes an attempt to show the reader the effort that the then Britain's aristocracy made to contribute something to the war and their expectancy of winning it. The whole context of the poem is selfish, sentimental, evocative and provocative in a way, but that doesn't take the humorous parts away from it. ... Hypocrisy ...
Noll's title choice for the poem," Lunch on Omaha Beach" ,is a stark contrast from the actual text of the poem. ... The title of this poem is obviously used to express the lighter, post D-Day side of the contrast. ... Noll wanted to startle the readers of this poem with his provocative and alarming contrast. ... It seems as if the speaker in the poem has come to the beach for closure. ... The wording in this poem often seems to be cold, clinical, and devoid of emotion. ...
Rupert Brooke wrote this poem very early in the war, this is known as a pro-war poem. In this poem he is saying if you die for your country you will be a true patriot. ... The poem "Futility", the heading says it all for Wilfred Owen, World War 1 was pointless, useless. ... This poem is very philosophical poem it makes you think what are we doing to each other. Wilfred Owen use of half rhymes in this poem gives us the feeling of senselessness. ...
The poem is vividly describing how horrible war can be. The language used in the poem is strong and descriptive. ... The poem describes corpses wanting to be brought back alive. ... This poem symbolizes an important time in history. At the same time this poem can be used to describe the horror of all war. ...
There are a few characteristics of this poem that make it appealing to me. ... Finally the message he relays in his poem. ... I enjoyed reading this poem immensely. ... I look forward to reading poems of similar nature. This poem may have given me a new outlook on poetry itself. ...
The poem, "Dulce Et Decorum Est," by English poet Wilfred Owen, conveys various key ideas relating to war and its consequences. ... This poem conveys to the reader that war is a misconception and incorrectly represented. ... The author has portrayed this in the first line of the poem, "Bent double, like old beggars under sacks". ... The poem argues that it is not honourable to fight in a war, as it corrupts and takes away the innocence of the men fighting. ... The emotional impacts and 'aftermath' of war are highlighted and apparent in the poem. ...
There is a strong marching beat to the poem and as it is entitled 'anthem', I believe that Owen wanted this poem to sound like a funeral march. ... Why Owen does this is to approach a poem from a different prospective. ... Both poems make the reader feel helplessness. ... There is irony in 'Dulce' also - the whole poem is ironic. ... Both poems have an alternate line rhyming scheme. ...
The poem is set during the first world war, detailing the experiences of the soldiers in the trenches. ... The reader is plunged into the horror of warfare from the very beginning of the poem, as Owen describes the soldiers as "bent double, like old beggars under sacks". ... The poem then directly targets those who promote war, as Owen says: "My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et Decorum est Pro patria mori." ... It shows he is so strongly against those who believe it is 'sweet and fitting' to die for yo...
Owen starts the poem by describing the exhaustion of the group of men. ... The extended metaphor is effective in the poem as it shows the horror of watching someone die in a gas attack. ... The poem shows only some of the horror seen in the trenches, I"m sure that much worse things could have been seen. The poem says in it "it is right and fitting to die for your country but that is irony. All the images in this poem combined together show the cruel horror of trench warfare. ...
This poem was written by Wilfred Owen during WWI. ... He has also written other poems such as Insensibility, Anthem for Doomed Youth, Futility, and Strange Meting. ... This poem is about a day in the battlefields of WWI. ... After reading this poem, I can say that it has four themes. ... In conclusion, all the disfiguration, allusion, and nightmares that this poem has is very intense. ...
The sarcastic tone of Sassoon reveals his true thoughts, developing the poem's central message that the officers' indifference unnecessarily leads their troops to death. ... The irony of the poem is illustrated in the play on words in the title, "Base Details.... Understanding both of these meanings improves the reader's understanding of the poem and Sassoon's attitude towards the war. Technically, this poem is organized around an alternating ABABCDCDEE rhyme scheme. ... The poem's message speaks to all eras and people who see the meaninglessness of war in general...
Owen's poems, published only after his death, along with his letters from the front line to his mother, are perhaps the most powerful and vivid accounts of the horror of war to emerge from the First World War. In one of his most well known poems, 'Dulce et Decorum est' Owen challenges the famous Latin saying by Horace which means that it is sweet and becoming to die for one's country. ... The poem is in four stanzas, in which the first stanza deals with the extreme condition of the exhausted soldiers. ... The Latin phrase at the end is fully integrated into the poem, rhy...
Vincent Millay's poem "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed and Where, and Why" there is an expression of sorrow for the loss of memory of those loves. ... The ending of the poem gives a suggestion of war as in her line "Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one, Yet knows its boughs more silent than before." ... The poem speaks of not remembering those that you have loved and who have loved you. ...
Dulce Et Decorum Est is a poem written by Wilfred Owen set during world war 1 written in 1917, and talks about the trials and hardships that soldiers went through. ... Wilfred Owen aims the poem at the government of the time criticising their decisions and for perpetuating the attitude that it is heroic to fight as a soldier in war and honourable to die for the cause. ... Owen aims the poem at an older audience and the government that were punishing these men to go to war when they didn't know the circumstances; physical and emotional effects that war had on these soldiers. ... The idea o...
The poem 'Dulce et Decorum est' by Wilfred Owen entails the experiences of soldiers in World War I. ... Ultimately, the poem was written to dispel the notion that it is 'sweet and fitting' to die for one's country. In the first lines of the poem, horrifying imagery begins to introduce the poor physical condition that war has brought to the soldiers. ... Finally, the bitter irony of the poem is revealed in the last lines as Owen attacks those who would argue that death in war is glorious. ... The poem 'Dulce et Decorum est' by Wilfred Owen is a deeply poi...
For example, in the "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" speech, he quotes Lord Alfred Tennyson's Morte Darthur poem; "Every morn brought forth a noble chance, And every chance brought forth a noble knight." ... Similarly, in his Harrow School speech, Churchill once again quotes a poem highly regarded in British heritage titled "If" by Rudyard Kipling. ... He quotes the poem saying that we must meet with, "Triumph and Disaster. ... It is an excellent poem to quote since many Britons will have heard it, or have studied it before. ...
One of his poems: Futility Move him into the sun - Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of fields unsown. ... : (Wilfred Owen) Judging by this poem his prospective on war was 50/50 he hated it, but he didn't despise it, and it was that, that inspired him to write the poems that he did. Owen might have been considered the best poet in English, but when his death came in November 4, 1918, he had only five of his poems released. ...
Even though this poem can be interpreted many ways, there seems to be some basic ideas that Kipling is trying to portray. I think that the poem draws lines between the Old Regime and the Modern. "Take up the White man's burden" is a line that is repeated throughout the poem. ... The poem also seems to be a little contradictory because even though it expresses that some Europeans opposed Imperialism, at the same time it strongly states the support for European improvement. ...
Poetry Analysis - Dulce et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen introduces the poem, Dulce et Decorum Est, with a shocking images of soldiers in World War 1. The first two lines sets the mood of the poem - the horror and starkness of life in the war. ... This allows one to relate to the poem, more readily, because one can identify by comparing with that of the battle, the experience one might see in any slum. ... The innocent die through the effects of "incurable" sores - painfully, slowly - without dignity The finale of the poem is a desperate plea, a begging for, an end to the pain, an e...
William Golding was born in the village of St. Columb Minor on 19 September 1911. His father was a schoolmaster and his mother was a suffragette. He is considered to be one of the most important writers of the 20th century. He is famous for writing a book called "Lord of the Flies". When he was ...
Both the novel All Quiet On the Western Front and the poem "The Man He Killed" help to portray the image of the effects and feelings of warfare. ... Much like Remarque's novel, Thomas Hardy also addresses the futility of war and the thoughts that go through a soldier's mind in his poem "The Man I Killed." ... As Hardy states in his poem " He though he"d [enlist] . . . off hand like . . . no other reason why." ...
Three texts that explore the theme of belonging are the novel "Jasper Jones", by Craig Silvey, the autobiography screenplay, "Mao's Last Dancer" by Li Cunxin and the poem, "Refugee Blues" by WH Auden. ... By contrast, the two significantly nameless refugees in WH Auden's poem, "Refugee Blues" have no choice left to them. ...
