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    Through “Anthem for Doomed Youth”‚ a well known petrarchan sonnet written by Wilfred Owen‚ the reader sees the horrors of war and how unfortunate it is to die in war. Owen fought in World War I and wrote this poem while in a hospital recovering from shell shock. “Anthem for Doomed Youth” solemnly discusses death in war and shows how those who die in war do not receive the normal ceremonies that are used to honor the dead. Owen was able to express how he felt about those who passed away while fighting

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    Critical Commentary of ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ by Wilfred Owen ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ written in 1917 by Wilfred Owen‚ is one of numerous pieces of war poetry inspired by the writer’s own personal four month war experience[1]. Through this background‚ we can appreciate the great historical significance of the piece‚ leading to the recognition of its lack of nationalism‚ and evident immorality‚ thus it’s variation to the expected ‘soldier’ attitude of ‘honour‚ glory and patriotic duty’[2]

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    Identify what you think the author’s purpose is‚ and what techniques were used to achieve this. In the two poems‚ Dulce et Decorum est.‚ and Anthem for Doomed Youth‚ both written by Wilfred Owen‚ the author’s main purpose was to expose the true horrors of World War II and to challenge the romanticized view of war that poets such as Rupert Brooke held. To achieve this‚ Owen used familiar imagery techniques of similes and personification‚ and sound devices such as onomatopoeia and alliteration.

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    about a main theme or issue. The two poems‚ Dulce et Decorum Est‚ and Anthem for Doomed Youth are both written by Wilfred Owen. Owen’s main idea was to expose the true horrors of war and to challenge the romanticised view of war that poets such as Rupert Brooke held. To achieve this‚ Owen used familiar imagery techniques of similes and assonance‚ and sound devices such as onomatopoeia and alliteration. ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ aims to give a clear reference to the audience‚ a glimpse of the awful

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    Anthem For Doomed Youth’ is written in the style of a sonnet‚ traditionally a style of poetry used to express love‚ here it is used as an elegy. On the other hand‚ ’The Send Off’ is written in four cinquains‚ these fragmented stanzas give the poem a question and answer format with the three line stanzas providing the narrative and the two line stanzas that follow allowing Owen to express his opinions. ’Anthem For Doomed Youth’ also uses questions‚ both of the two stanzas start with a question‚ this

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    TP-CASTT Poetry Analysis By: Matthew S. Title: Anthem for a doomed youth is a title that sounds like they think the generation that is up and coming is going to fail miserably. Paraphrase: The soldiers in war don’t get a honourable death‚ they are being killed off like how cattle are being killed of‚ for the survival of the weaker. The soldier who die’s child[ren] are the ones who know he passed‚ and know that he meant a lot‚ but will never know if he died on honourable death‚ and that’s why

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    and “Anthem for Doomed Youth”. Owen explores the truths of war in these poems through themes such as; war as the horrific and violent scene it is‚ the disparity between reality of the battlefield and the perception of what war is at home. Owen shows the devastation of war on the human being and soul‚ not only the physical but the mental effects of war. The soldiers are influenced by: government propaganda; the glory in dying for their country; the betrayal and devastating loss of innocent youth. Owen

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    A Poetic Link Poetry that is thematically linked is not an uncommon occurrence. Though written nearly twenty years apart‚ A.E. Housman’s “To an Athlete Dying Young”‚ and Wilfred Owen’s “Anthem for Doomed Youth”‚ are examples of how poems have similar themes. Though Housman’s work is about a young athlete that has passed‚ and Owen’s is about the death of young soldiers‚ they are linked by the theme of young death. Aside from their similar themes‚ these two works share many literary components

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    Comparision/ Anthem for Doomed Youth and Dulce et Decorum Est All three poems are about the First World War but Peace has a highly patriotic view and displays a positive feeling about war whereas Anthem and Dulce concentrate more on the fact that people were killed for no particular reason and they also look at the true horrors of war. I will mainly be looking at the content and form of the three poems and comparing them to each other. Anthem and Dulce both portray Owen’s bitterness

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    To What Extent is Anthem for Doomed Youth the Most Important Poem in The Anthology Through ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ a well-known Petrarchan sonnet written by Wilfred Owen‚ the reader sees the horrors of war and how unfortunate it is to die in war. ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ solemnly discusses death in war and shows how those who do die in war do not receive the normal ceremonies that are used to honour the dead. Owen was able to express how felt about those who passed away while fighting in war‚

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