Owen's poetry is used as a vehicle for the expression of horror and futility associated with war. ... To create an even more intense image, Owen uses the descriptive terms "distant" and "trudge" to emphasize both how far the rest is away, and how the men will be miserable the entire time it takes to achieve that rest. ... The term 'flound'ring' is also associated with the terms 'green sea' and 'drowning' as Owen tries to desensitize the subject by comparing a human soul to a fish dying at sea. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

One must not think that Golding did not go unchanged from the war, because analysis of his pre-war poetry shows a much softer, more forgiving Golding. ... "Golding's hallmark: a polarity expressed in terms of a moral tension (Dick 121)." ...

• Word Count: 1092
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• Grade Level: High School