The Colonel Carolyn Forche’s “The Colonel” instantly catches the eye. The poem was written in 1978 while Forche was working in El Salvador‚ and retails a merciless meeting with its title character. The Colonel is a hard man in a violent world‚ and he cares not for the rights of the people he governs nor the fact that he is exposing his evil nature to a poet: as he says‚ “something for your poetry‚ no?” (Forche‚ 597). The poem reinforces this effect through its stark irony and short poetic flourishes
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Although WW I and WW II poems have the same theme‚ which is war‚ we can see how they have many differences. To begin with‚ all WWI poems seem to focus on the battles of the war itself and the horrifying experiences the soldiers have to cope with. WWII poems have a more deep approach‚ they have a more psychological point of view and usually the poems are set before or after a battle. In these poems the battlefield is not the main focus of the poem‚ but the feeling or ideas of the speaker itself. Another
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The conclusion of "The Locket" was not predictable at all. As first reading the book‚ it was surprising and emotional. It was under the impression‚ Edmond had died on the battle field. As well it is recalled‚ that when Octavie sat in the cabriolet‚ I thought she was on her way to pay respect to Edmond. The author held readers suspense as she describes the details of the battle field before the locket was found‚ the letter the priest sent‚ and the ride to Edmond. The story was not predictable
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While reading “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae and “Here Dead We Lie” by A.E. Housman‚ I made sure to decode every word that the poems contained in order to self-interpret the pieces of literature. These World War I based poems carry significant stories of our once war torn planet. For example‚ “Here Dead We Lie” is a short‚ yet meaningful‚ poem about nationalism and pride towards ones country. In this poem‚ the author discusses the fact that soldiers often chose to die for their country instead
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In his speech made to the House of Commons in 1940‚ Winston Churchill once said “Victory at all costs‚ victory in spite of all terror‚ victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory‚ there is no survival.” Many historians as well as leaders argue that although the road to victory is strenuous and arduous‚ it often proves worthy in the end for victory has a direct correlation to survival. This proves true in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front‚ by Erich Maria Remarque. Paul
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All the world’s a canvas‚ and all the men and women merely the colors; They have their debuts and their disappearances into the background‚ and red in its time takes on many jobs; the coloration of a red sunrise of a wartime morning‚ and then the crimson blood of wounded soldiers bearing arms against brothers‚ and the last scene of all‚ that ends this strange eventful history‚ is scarlet dusk bathing the war-torn battlefield as it dips beyond the horizon. Over the thousands of years‚ art has irrefutably
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The poem “Where There’s a Wall” by Joy Kogawa describes the historical event of internment or concentration camps using a wall as a metaphor. The author does not outright identify and describe this unfortunate historical event but readers can use the imagery and symbols along with their historical knowledge to be able to determine that the author could be writing about a person in an internment or concentration camp. The poem is universal in the fact that it may not be interpreted in a historical
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Introduction : Siegfried Sassoon’s poem‚ Suicide in the trenches‚ successfully demonstrates conflict during a world war through its form‚ meaning and structure. a STEP-UP analysis clearly reveals the conflict conveyed in this poem. Subject matter: the poem is about the depression of a young soldier. The depression of this young soldier before he commits suicide is clearly displayed in the poem. At the start of the poem‚ the image of a happy‚ young‚ and perhaps rather naïve boy is placed before
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Poets Wilfred Owen and Kenneth Slessor both explore war conflict‚ while also exploring the dehumanisation of soldiers and emphasising that no where it safe during the war. Owen portrays the men to be “cringe[d] in holes” with “forgotten dreams” dis-empowering the soldiers and making them less of men or perhaps applying sympathy on them. Additionally‚ Owen similarly utilises inclusive language like‚ “we turn back on our dying” to further show and imply empathy to the soldiers for the suffering they
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Owen uses various techniques and devices to evoke the sense of World War One. Words such as ‘beggars’‚ ‘children’ and ‘boys’ refers to the soldiers. In the first verse‚ ‘Bent double‚ like old beggars under sack‚ knocked-kneed‚ coughing like hags‚ we cursed through sludge’‚ ‘like’ indicates that it’s the use of simile and ‘old beggars’ is hyperbole of soldiers’ fatigue. ‘Knocked-knee’ is the use of alliteration. ‘His hanging face‚ like a devil’s sick of sin;’ is a visible image of the war. He depicts
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