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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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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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 for the colleague of the soldier who was killed in war to attempt to revive him. Owen wanted to tell through the title that war itself was also futile. Owen made the theme of nature almost a character in the poem. He questions war‚ because he feels it was pointless
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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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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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ICCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE POETRY COURSEWORK In the poems you have studied a recurring theme is that of ‘loss’. This can take many forms: death; identity; hope or loss of innocence Discuss the poets’ treatment of any aspect of the theme of loss in at least 6 of the poems you have studied. A minimum of 3 poems should be taken from the anthology. Poems for discussion: In detail - Prayer Before Birth (Louis MacNeice) - Do not go gentle into that good night (Dylan Thomas) -
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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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Both the poems start with ’suddenly’ which makes the poem sound explosive and means that it has impact right from the very beginning. As well as this‚ in each poem a change in stanza shows a change in the poem - in ‘Belfast Confetti’ it goes from past to present tense and in ‘Bayonet Charge‚ it goes from action to inaction and allows us time to reflect. Both poems also use lists; in ‘Belfast Confetti’‚ the use of the list ‘Balaklava‚ Raglan...’ show how the conflict has affected everywhere. The list
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Glonmore” and “A Vision” Both poems were written during the same period‚ during the twentieth century. Simon Hermitage presents a vision as a contrast between with a real life‚ a polluted world and a dream of an unrealistic giving a vision to the readers of a perfect world which cannot be realistic. In the same similarities‚ “The Blackbird of Glanmore”‚ Seamus Heany wants to share with us hiss sadness after his brother’ s death . Although Armitage’s line to introduce his poem‚ he uses oxymoron “The future
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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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