Comparison of ‘Futility’ and ‘Poppies’ The two notorious war poems Futility by Wilfred Owen and Poppies by Jane Weir are poems that are different in many ways. Although they are both based on war‚ the theme of each poem is different. It is clear that ‘Poppies’ is about a mother talking about her son leaving her‚ whilst ‘Futility’ is about a man grieving the death of a comrade in battle. Whilst both poems share a sense of loss‚ in ‘Poppies’‚ it is more a fear of the possibility of loss rather than
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Comparison of ‘Futility’ and ‘The Right Word’. In Futility attitudes to war are strongly shown. The poem mainly concentrates on the meaning of existence. The title of the poem ‘Futility’ means pointlessness and throughout the poem he is questioning the meaning of life. Also in this poem Owen shows that he maybe does not agree with war and it will not solve anything. The poem is questioning why his friend is dying and what is the point in fighting if lives are being lost or even what is the point
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religious implications as he begins to express his doubt in his own faith. The theme of the natural world and the recurring theme of the sun helped him to achieve his thoughts because of the contrast between the beauties of nature‚ meaning nature created life and the horror of war which was destroying lives. The two poems which help Owen use nature to the most powerful are ‘Spring Offensive’ and ‘Futility’ The poem ‘Futility’ is suggesting by the title and letting the readers know that it was futile
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added delight as each brush stroke swept across the canvas’s full of complimentary colours‚ adding life to the pink blossomed trees what danced delightfully by the river. The view was magnificent. ’Great Grand papa lets play catch!’ ’I’m tired Poppy‚ come and help me catch some fish my angel.’ ’Okay Great Grand papa can I hold the net?’ These were some of the precious memories I have of my Great Granddad Jimmy‚ he was my hero. Today was his birthday and I got my favourite fishing rod and sat
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The poems Futility and Mametz Wood both deal with the grim subject of death on the battlefield‚ and how those who fell to this fate were often left where they fell - with their last moments captured in either their corpses soon after or the skeletons discovered long after the war had ended. Neither of the two peices deal directly with the moment of death‚ but rather reflection on the loss of young life. As death in battle is usually seen as a rather honourable fate‚ the language is respectful towards
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Todd Taravella 11/2/11 Mr. Olson Eng D29: Craft of Language Love is Vast It is amazing how poems can be so different yet so similar. When talking about a thing like love‚ it becomes less difficult to understand knowing how complicated the subject is. “Love” by Eavan Boland talks about how Eavan and her husband had been through some turbulent times. They veered apart in their love that used to be so intense and Eavan about how much she misses that. How much that man‚ her husband‚ meant
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What techniques does Owen use to communicate his feelings about ‘the pity of war’ in his poem “Futility”? He uses techniques in the poem such as empathy as he really uses his feeling to express his ideas‚ while using his ideas to express his feelings. The poem begins with the narrator ordering that the man be moved into the sun; this leads us to believe that the narrator is of a high rank than the person he was talking to‚ someone of low rank would not be giving orders to someone who outranked
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Comparing the themes in two poems by Les Murray The poem Broad Bean Sermon and the Burning Truck are two contrasting poems by the poet les Murray. The poem Broad Bean Sermon explores various themes such as; the beauty of nature and positiveness e.g. the positive outlooks on the environment. It is about the person giving a spiritual speech about these beans; however he’s not focusing on the ordinariness of the beans but rather he is concentrating on the uniqueness and different types or personalities
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I happened to talk to one of my friends in the mess regarding sadness. These are his words. " dukhi hone ka bhi apna alag hi mazaa hai. Khushi to ek phuljhadi ki tarah hoti hai jo thodi der main khatam ho jaati hai‚ par dukh ek agarbatti ki tarah bahut der tak chalta hai" (happiness lasts for a very short time but sadness lasts for a very long time). A line from Eric Erikson’s theory of eight stages of man. " Teething seems to have a prototypal significance and may well be the model for the masochistic
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and fellow classmates‚ I have researched about 2 poems and made a comparison between the two. I’m here today to talk to you about them and see what you think at the end of the speech. The two poems I researched were (on the sea‚ author John Keats) and (sea fever‚ author John Masefield). as you can see from the title of the poems that they are bot about the sea but don’t be confused‚ they’re both completely different stories. Both of these poems talk about the sea‚ they are both referring to the
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