Essay, Siegfried Sassoon

Analyse how language used intensified the message of the written text(s).
In both poem ‘Does it Matter?’ and ‘Survivors’ the poet, Siegfried Sassoon is able to intensify the message of the non-combatants misunderstanding of the realities of war. This was by Sassoon using different language techniques such as rhetorical question, repetition and onomatopoeia.
Rhetorical question is used to intensify the message of the non-combatants misunderstanding of the realities of war in the poem ‘Does it matter?’ by Siegfried Sassoon. Asking ‘does it matter’ reflects that the non-combatants are unable to see the true affects the war has caused the soldiers. This intensifies the message of the non-combatants misunderstanding of the realities of war because it does matter that the soldier lost their legs, their sight and every night having dreams from the pit. The non-combatants however were unable to understand what the war victims endure for their country.
Onomatopoeia is also used in the poem ‘Does it Matter’ to intensify the message of the non-combatants misunderstanding of the realities of war Sassoon used the word ‘gobble’ to show that the non-combatants act like children, ignorant and unaffected by the realities of war. This idea is also shown in ‘Base Details’ also by Siegfried Sassoon where the poet uses the words ‘toddle’ and ‘guzzling and gulping’ to describe how a major acts child-like and non-serious. This intensifies the message of the misunderstanding of the realities of war because it shows that the non-combatants act greedy and selfish towards the soldiers who fought in the war.
In the poem ‘Survivors’ repetition is used to intensify the message of the non-combatants misunderstanding of the realities of war When Sassoon says ‘they’ll soon get well,’ ‘they’re longing to go out again,’ they’ll soon forget’ and ‘they’ll be proud’ it shows an impersonal distant regard the non-combatants have for the soldiers and their horrible suffering in the war. This