Men in Green Poem Speech
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Good morning/afternoon. The poem that I have just read and will be analysing today is Men in Green by David Watt Ian Campbell. This poem was written in 1943 and it recalls his experience as a pilot during World War II. One year before Campbell wrote this particular poem he was piloting an aircraft on a photographic reconnaissance flight over Rabual, New Britain. A Japanese fighter had attacked his aircraft, caused extensive damage and wounded three of his crew. Although his left wrist was shattered and part of his little finger severed, he managed to bring the aircraft some 500 miles (805 km) to base and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
This poem is about World War II, this is shown by the words ‘Dobadura’ and ‘Soputa’ which are places that were affected by the war, and about Campbell’s experience during this time. It tells us that he was a good man and a good pilot and that he would do anything to make sure that his crew returned home in one piece. He may have feared the Japanese but that didn’t stop him from flying his Aircraft back to the base even though he was severely injured. The poem gives us insight into what was happening and what Campbell was thinking during this time. The poem is also affective in showing us what soldiers had to go through on a day to day basis during the war; an example of this is when he says “…There were some leaned on a stick and some on stretchers lay…”
Campbell used a number of similes in this poem. For example when he says “…until the jungle far beneath. Like a giant fossil lay…” He is talking about how far they are from the ground and how when you look down from an aeroplane, the ground seems like a giant fossil. He also uses the simile “Ape like cloud” more than once in this poem. When he says this he is talking about the clouds of smoke and dust from the War that was taking place on the ground. By saying the line “…They had not feared the ape like cloud…” he means that his men were not
Good morning/afternoon. The poem that I have just read and will be analysing today is Men in Green by David Watt Ian Campbell. This poem was written in 1943 and it recalls his experience as a pilot during World War II. One year before Campbell wrote this particular poem he was piloting an aircraft on a photographic reconnaissance flight over Rabual, New Britain. A Japanese fighter had attacked his aircraft, caused extensive damage and wounded three of his crew. Although his left wrist was shattered and part of his little finger severed, he managed to bring the aircraft some 500 miles (805 km) to base and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
This poem is about World War II, this is shown by the words ‘Dobadura’ and ‘Soputa’ which are places that were affected by the war, and about Campbell’s experience during this time. It tells us that he was a good man and a good pilot and that he would do anything to make sure that his crew returned home in one piece. He may have feared the Japanese but that didn’t stop him from flying his Aircraft back to the base even though he was severely injured. The poem gives us insight into what was happening and what Campbell was thinking during this time. The poem is also affective in showing us what soldiers had to go through on a day to day basis during the war; an example of this is when he says “…There were some leaned on a stick and some on stretchers lay…”
Campbell used a number of similes in this poem. For example when he says “…until the jungle far beneath. Like a giant fossil lay…” He is talking about how far they are from the ground and how when you look down from an aeroplane, the ground seems like a giant fossil. He also uses the simile “Ape like cloud” more than once in this poem. When he says this he is talking about the clouds of smoke and dust from the War that was taking place on the ground. By saying the line “…They had not feared the ape like cloud…” he means that his men were not