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English Essay Draft
The poems, Anthem for Doomed Youth and The Send Off are both based on the real life experience of World War 1. As the poet, Wilfred Owen fought in World War 1; he wanted to use his experiences to make them into poems. In Anthem for Doomed Youth the format of the poem is written as a sonnet, in the style of Shakespeare, whereas in The Send Off it is written as an eight stanza poem.
In Anthem for Doomed Youth, the title reminds us of a celebratory song or as if it’s a celebration as Owen has used the word ‘anthem’ but the adjective ‘doomed’ effectively informs us that it is not a celebration as ‘doomed’ means destined to die. At the start of the poem, it opens with a rhetorical question which is very powerful, ‘what passing-bells for these who die as cattle?’, as it sets the atmosphere for the whole poem already as we have an image of cattle being slaughtered because that’s what the simile says it was like, when it is really the soldiers that are being slaughtered. Also the tone of the poet is very angry and depressed which also gives us the idea that the tone will not change throughout the poem. In the other poem, The Send Off, the title also implies that there is a celebration of some sort. The opening of The Send Off is very different compared to Anthem for Doomed Youth as Owen describes the setting as he uses the adjective ‘darkening lanes’ which is giving us the idea it is set at dusk. Owen also uses the sound dimension of singing as he says ‘sang their way to the siding-shed’ which gives us the feeling that they are happy and the tone of the poet seems happy and joyful also, until the poet uses the oxymoron ‘grimly gay’ which tells us that the young men are trying to show that they are happy when in reality they are sad. Owen conveys their sadness through their faces. Unlike Anthem for Doomed Youth, the atmosphere is very tranquil and calmer, even though the soldiers are unhappy.
Then in Anthem for Doomed Youth there is an idea of
The poems, Anthem for Doomed Youth and The Send Off are both based on the real life experience of World War 1. As the poet, Wilfred Owen fought in World War 1; he wanted to use his experiences to make them into poems. In Anthem for Doomed Youth the format of the poem is written as a sonnet, in the style of Shakespeare, whereas in The Send Off it is written as an eight stanza poem.
In Anthem for Doomed Youth, the title reminds us of a celebratory song or as if it’s a celebration as Owen has used the word ‘anthem’ but the adjective ‘doomed’ effectively informs us that it is not a celebration as ‘doomed’ means destined to die. At the start of the poem, it opens with a rhetorical question which is very powerful, ‘what passing-bells for these who die as cattle?’, as it sets the atmosphere for the whole poem already as we have an image of cattle being slaughtered because that’s what the simile says it was like, when it is really the soldiers that are being slaughtered. Also the tone of the poet is very angry and depressed which also gives us the idea that the tone will not change throughout the poem. In the other poem, The Send Off, the title also implies that there is a celebration of some sort. The opening of The Send Off is very different compared to Anthem for Doomed Youth as Owen describes the setting as he uses the adjective ‘darkening lanes’ which is giving us the idea it is set at dusk. Owen also uses the sound dimension of singing as he says ‘sang their way to the siding-shed’ which gives us the feeling that they are happy and the tone of the poet seems happy and joyful also, until the poet uses the oxymoron ‘grimly gay’ which tells us that the young men are trying to show that they are happy when in reality they are sad. Owen conveys their sadness through their faces. Unlike Anthem for Doomed Youth, the atmosphere is very tranquil and calmer, even though the soldiers are unhappy.
Then in Anthem for Doomed Youth there is an idea of