Comparing Poems 'Dulce Decorum Est'
English B Essay anonymous Ms.Carty
Essay Questions 1. Explain the situation in each poem in which there is needless loss of life. (8mks) 2. Say what techniques each poet uses to stir your emotions in response to that loss of life.(9mks) 3. Say which of the two poems you feel make the more convincing protest.(8mks)
Both of the poems “Dulce de decorum Est” and “The woman speaks to the man who employs her Son” are protests against violence and the cruel waste of young lives in society. In this essay I will break down main aspects of the two poems in order to fully understand the deep content of them. The poem “Dulce de decorum Est” is a poem in which the poet protests against violence and the cruel waste of young lives …show more content…
One instance of this is onomatopoeia, it is effectively used in this poem as it clearly and cohesively assists in portraying the reality of war. Words like “guttering” and “choking” raises the reader’s emotions so they can begin to understand the great height of terror that it instills in response to that loss of life. Another technique used is strong imagery, while the reader paints an alternate world of wretched death and futility, the images show the grief and overwhelming exhaustion of the soldiers. The scenes that can be pictured of the soldier …show more content…
The author also utilizes words that have definite negative connotations in order to give the reader a feeling of unease and malady. Words like as "sludge," "fatigue," "guttering," "froth-corrupted," "vile," and "incurable," all have negative references. The words taken from the context of the poem still do not have any positive images or ideas associated with them. By choosing such words Owen condemns his poem to have a sorrowful, sad and ugly mood throughout.
Owen uses these literary devices and others to reach a single end. Sensory images of watching a man, in service of his country, die a terrible death. All these factors come together in this poem to enforce a common cause or protest which makes this poem clearly the more convincing of the two
Essay Questions 1. Explain the situation in each poem in which there is needless loss of life. (8mks) 2. Say what techniques each poet uses to stir your emotions in response to that loss of life.(9mks) 3. Say which of the two poems you feel make the more convincing protest.(8mks)
Both of the poems “Dulce de decorum Est” and “The woman speaks to the man who employs her Son” are protests against violence and the cruel waste of young lives in society. In this essay I will break down main aspects of the two poems in order to fully understand the deep content of them. The poem “Dulce de decorum Est” is a poem in which the poet protests against violence and the cruel waste of young lives …show more content…
One instance of this is onomatopoeia, it is effectively used in this poem as it clearly and cohesively assists in portraying the reality of war. Words like “guttering” and “choking” raises the reader’s emotions so they can begin to understand the great height of terror that it instills in response to that loss of life. Another technique used is strong imagery, while the reader paints an alternate world of wretched death and futility, the images show the grief and overwhelming exhaustion of the soldiers. The scenes that can be pictured of the soldier …show more content…
The author also utilizes words that have definite negative connotations in order to give the reader a feeling of unease and malady. Words like as "sludge," "fatigue," "guttering," "froth-corrupted," "vile," and "incurable," all have negative references. The words taken from the context of the poem still do not have any positive images or ideas associated with them. By choosing such words Owen condemns his poem to have a sorrowful, sad and ugly mood throughout.
Owen uses these literary devices and others to reach a single end. Sensory images of watching a man, in service of his country, die a terrible death. All these factors come together in this poem to enforce a common cause or protest which makes this poem clearly the more convincing of the two