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    result of the distinctively visual which ‘paints a canvas’ in the minds of the audience and allows them to connect to the individuals and societies within a text. Peter Goldsworthy in his fictional text ‘Maestro’ and Wilfred Owen in his poem ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ employ the distinctively visual to give the audience a greater understanding of the characters and societies‚ featured in their texts. Peter Goldsworthy in his novel ‘Maestro’ monotonously incorporates contrasts to highlight numerous aspects

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    and experienced the front line drew from their personal knowledge to completely dispel these myths. Vernon Scannell‚ Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfrid Owen suffered throughout the war and wrote the poems The Great War‚ Suicide in the Trenches and Dulce et Decorum Est to inform the people at home about the cruel realities of war with their attention to sensory detail and vivid imagery so that the audience may be as close to experiencing the war for themselves. The myth that war was in fact great and that

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    seem like it would be easy and pleasant to fight for the war. Anti war poets told more or less the truth about war although the authors were very angry and you can see this in a lot of their poetry. The 4 poems I’m writing about are called “Dulce et Decorum est” and “Disabled” By Wilfred Owen‚ “Blighters” and “The General” By Siegfried Sassoon who both wrote anti war poetry and all four poems are very bitter about the enemies of war‚ these poets think the enemies of war are the adults who are telling

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    front line for so long. At first‚ we are baffled at this statement made by Owen‚ simply because in other poems‚ he tries to portray a sense of compassion towards those that die at War. The attitude that is conveyed in Apologia Pro Poemate and Dulce Et Decorum Est in particular is one of disappointment at the public for not showing enough sympathy. In Apologia‚ Owen even redefines beauty as the bonds that are formed in confined environments like those at War. Therefore‚ in terms of this form of insensitiveness

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    references to my chosen composer and well known poet‚ Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen is a World War One poet‚ with many poems such as Dulce Et Decorum Est and Anthem for Doomed Youth‚ two very influential poems about different sides of the War. Owen was very skilled in his ability to engage the reader and to put across his point about his chosen subject. In Dulce Et Decorum Est‚ Owen compares the realities of war with the old lie‚ how sweet and fitting it is too die‚ which was the view held by the English

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    key words | |How are the protagonists’ and the authors’ attitudes towards humanity highlighted and emphasized in the poems “Dulce et Decorum Est” and “Refugee Blues”. | | | |Main points to put in introduction:

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    Modern History Sourcebook: World War I Poetry: Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967):"How to Die" Link to Collected Poems [At Columbia] Wilfred Owen (1893-1918):"Anthem for a Doomed Youth" Link to Collected Poems [At Toronto] Wilfred Owen: "Dulce et Decorum Est" Herbert Read (1893-1968): "The Happy Warrior" W.N.Hodgson (1893-1916): "Before Action" Wilfred Gibson (1878-1962) "Back" Link to Collected Poems [At Columbia] Philip Larkin (1922-1985): "MCMXIV" Link to Poems [At Hooked.net] Siegfried

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    English Literature for Teachers This assignment presents a sequence of five evaluated English lessons‚ aimed at Year 11 students‚ displaying Social‚ Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (SEBD). The case study student is a Year 11 boy identified as ‘H’ for the purpose of this assignment. He has ADHD‚ Aspergers and mental health issues which required hospitalisation during the Year 9 Summer Term. This has resulted in an extensive amount of authorised absence affecting his grades across the curriculum

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    and it can be read over and over again and I can still feel the same simplistic beauty I did the first time. I believe the rhyming and inverted words are used correctly and not overly placed. Explain the irony in "Dulce et Decorum Est." The translation of “Dulce et Decorum Est” means “It is sweet‚ and proper”‚ but the way Wilfred

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    Anthem For Doomed Youth - Understanding - Sonnet Where and when - France‚ First World War‚ written in a mental institution – October 1917. Place or Characters - sounds loud and sad “what passing-bells for these who die as cattle” “only the monstrous anger of the guns”. Situation - Death in the trenches‚ youth being killed & amongst the war‚ buried without the trappings of a home. Highlighting the youth‚ “not in the hands of boys but in their eyes” “The pallor of girls’ brows shall be their

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