Compare and contrast how Wilfred Owen and Isobel Thrilling portray the
horror, suffering and inevitable disillusionment of war in their
respective poems.
The two poets that I am going to compare and contrast in this essay
both write from a different perspective of the war. They are writing
about different poems, Owen writes about the 1st world war and
Thrilling the 2nd. Both poets are in a different setting when they
write these poems, Thrilling is back at home whereas Owen is in the
middle of the action, he is in the battlefield. This makes his poems
more vivid and realistic. Owen was an adult at this stage and writes
it from a soldier's point of view, however Thrilling writes from a
child's point of view.
The poems that I am going to write about are "Dulce et Decorum est.",
"Disabled", "Children in wartime" and "Evacuee". "Dulce et Decorum
est." written by Owen and "Evacuee" which is written by Thrilling are
very similar in that they are both very subtle and use somber imagery.
However the other two poems are much more vivid and attack the reader.
The first poem I am going to write about is "Dulce et Decorum est". It
has an angry and bitter tone throughout. Owen describes the soldier's
as "old, weak and frail. "This shows us the extreme conditions of war.
Soldiers were not though of as weak and frail so it is ironic. The war
was very gruesome and horrid; we can see this from onomatopoeic words
in the poem such as "sludge". There is a homeless image given in the
first line through a similie, "like old beggars". The war is portrayed
as a routine and this is shown through the rhyming.
The words "haunting and frightening" are used to symbolise soldiers
like ghosts and maybe already dead? This can al...
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...r, this makes it similar to "Children in
wartime". They're also similar because "Dulce et decorum est" talks
about a group of soldiers and "Children in wartime" is a children's
collective voice. "Disabled" and "Evacuee" are similar because they
are subtle and detailed. They are also about isolation and reflect the
lives of individuals.
From my point of view You can not possibly say that one poet is more
effective than the other. However their contrasting styles affect the
reader in different ways. Owen with far more vivid poetry, and much
more hostility towards women and the reader. But Thrilling with a much
more emotional and sympathetic style. I think that Owen attacks the
reader and questions the meaning of war directly, but Thrilling evokes
sympathy for the innocence of children. Thrilling also questions he
meaning of war but it is much more subtle.
Wilfred Owen and Bruce Dawe both experienced war, however they were involved in two different conflicts. Owen was an English soldier and anti-war poet who died a hero in conflict one week before World War I ended. This demonstrates success for the country itself and the veterans being seen as heroes. Contrastingly, Dawe was a university educated anti-war poet from Australia who joined the air force during the Vietnam War. This was controversial for both soldiers and people from the country being conflicted about their involvement in the war.
One beautifully written piece of work by Wilfred Owen is entitled Dulce Et Decorum Est.
other hand, John Mc Crae was in the 2nd wave of poets. He viewed war
Cather, Willa. "Stephen Crane's Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War Is Kind." In Willa Cather on Writing: Critical Studies on Writing as an Art. Lincoln: Bison-U of Nebraska P, 1988: 67-74.
As seen in both poems, ‘Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori’ and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ Owen brings the audience into the his world, making them feel and think like him, knowing what he has experienced and what he dreads, and therefore successfully involves the reader into the world of poetry.
I have chosen this poem because this is his most famous poem, 'Dulce et Decorum est' is an example of a poem written through his own eyes, based on his own experiences and views of the war. He uses surreal and graphic imagery to give the reader the exact feeling that he wanted. He emphasises his point, showing that war is terrible and devastating. This poem conveys a strong meaning and persuasive argument. This poem uses four stanzas and an alternate rhyming line scheme.
Considered the leading English poet of the First World War, Owen is remembered for realistic poems depicting the horrors of war, which were inspired by his experiences at the Western Front in 1916 and 1917. Owen considered the true subject of his poems to be "the pity of war," and attempted to present the true horror and realities of battle and its effects on the human spirit. His unique voice, which is less passionate and idealistic than those of other war poets, is complemented by his unusual and experimental style of writing. He is recognized as the first English poet to successfully use pararhyme, in which the rhyme is made through altered vowel sounds. Owen’s distinct way of both writing and reading poems led to influence other poets in the 1920s and 1930s.
How Wilfred Owen Uses Language and Imagery in His Poetry to Communicate his Attitudes of War
An Analysis of Wilfred Owen’s Strange Meeting. Analysis of a working manuscript for Wilfred Owen's "Strange Meeting" provides the student with insight into the creative process. Owen's original wording coupled with his subsequent revisions illuminate how he may have intended the poem to be understood by the reader. Owen's revisions show a determination to accomplish three apparent objectives. First, Owen paid close attention to the connotative meanings inherent in his diction.
All exceptional poetry displays a good use of figurative language, imagery, and diction. Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est" is a powerful antiwar poem which takes place on a battlefield during World War I. Through dramatic use of imagery, metaphors, and diction, he clearly states his theme that war is terrible and horrific.
World War One had an inevitable effect on the lives of many young and naive individuals, including Wilfred Owen, who, like many others, joined the military effort with the belief that he would find honour, wealth and adventure. The optimism which Owen initially had toward the conflict is emphasised in the excerpt, in which he is described as “a young poet…with a romantic view of war common among the young” (narrator), a view which rapidly changed upon reaching the front. Owen presents responders with an overwhelming exploration of human cruelty on other individuals through acts of war and the clash of individual’s opposed feelings influenced by the experiences of human cruelty. This is presented through the horrific nature of war which the
Comparing two war poems written by Wilfred Owen: Dulce et decorum Est. and Anthem for Doomed Youth. In this essay I will be comparing two war poems written by Wilfred Owen: ‘Dulce et decorum Est’ and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’. By Comparing the two I will be able to distinguish the fact that Wilfred Owen is very anti-propaganda and that's why he feels so strongly about this. The two poems have many similarities but also a fair amount of differences, which I will be discussing in this essay.
The poem "Dulce et Decorum est" was written by Wilfred Owen during World War One, and is probably the most popular war-poem ever written.The title is part of the Latin phrase 'Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori' which means 'It is sweet and right to die for your country'. Wilfred Owen saw the war first-hand and this poem is about a gas attack that he witnessed. Throughout this poem Owen gives the sense of anger and injustice through the use of many different poetic techniques.
World War one and two. Both these wars stole many young men’s lives from them. Stole sons from their mothers. Stole brothers from their sister but also stole many innocent lives in the process. An estimated 60 million lives lost and for what? For land, for power, wealth. War is brutal, gruesome, costly and pointless. What good could possibly come from a war? The truth is without these wars, the world of literature wouldn’t be the same. These wars bought rise to names such as Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen, and Edward Thomas. Among all that death, destruction, and calamity; somehow great poets were born.
... The history of the old lie is that it means that it is sweet and