Topic/ studied article ‘voices of the great war’ Geoff Barton – war and language Examples Jessie Pope – who’s in for the game and Wilfred Owen- ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ Question: How and why do the text differ and how would they be interpreted by different readers? Focus of the Text The focus of this written task was to show understanding of war language and how this language works. For example there are a couple of things that often recur in war language such as metaphors and simile. However
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this death is undignified‚ dying for one’s country in such a manner is undesirable. In his poem‚ “Dulce Et Decorum Est”‚ Wilfred Owen writes from the point of view of an unmotivated soldier and says‚ “My friend‚ you would not tell with such high zest / to children ardent for some desperate glory‚ / The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est / Pro patria mori” (Owen‚ 32-35). The last phrase‚ “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” is directly translated to‚ “it is sweet and honorable to die for the fatherland
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In this assignment I I will be looking at the way violence and conflict is presented in shakespear’s play romeo and Juliet‚ dulce et decourum est and the charge of the light brigrade. Romeo and Juliet are the typical and traditional love fuelled couple their love and story were unprecedented and cannot be considered any other ordinary relationship Shakespeare had blatantly portrayed their love as unimaginable and somewhat obsessive. The duo however endured turbulent times as they had to overcome
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of government exploitation and the horrific treatment the soldiers had to go through. The two poems Parable of the old man and the young and Anthem for doomed youth‚ talks about how war has a negative impact on our humanity. In the poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’‚ Owen conveys the futility of conflict on a bigger range. He was writing during the First World War and had direct experience of the terrible suffering of the troops. He begins his poems with a comment on the soldiers returning from battle
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extraordinary experiences in which the men had to endure were unimaginable to any human who has not experienced it firsthand. We grasp a sense of the war participant’s vile experiences and physical demands through his extensive use of vivid imagery in Dulce et Decorum Est. “An ecstasy of fumbling”‚ “clumsy… stumbling…floundering”‚ Owen uses these powerful adverbs to highlight the frantic and stressful situation which arises as a result of a gas attack‚ an extraordinary experience to any normal being. These
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reality of war. The two texts I am going to refer to‚ to show this are “The long and the short and the tall” by Wills Hall and "Dulce et decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen writes his poetry to get over the trauma of the experience. He has (like many other poets) the burning desire to get the horror of the war across to other people. “Dulce et Decorum Est” means “It’s a sweet and honourable thing to die for your country”. The poem is about a group of men leaving the trenches for
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Man’s inhumanity to man essay. The whole topic of this essay is the idea of mans inhumanity to man‚ how men are through time finding ways to destroy each other. Edwin Brook is the author of the poem five ways to kill a man‚ has written the poem with a very sarcastic and ironic view of death‚ this method is used to shock you. This poem is written like a recipe‚ it is a recipe for death and destruction and each verse you could say is an ingredient. The poem
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HSC English Assessment Task 3 – Oral Presentation Move him into the sun – Gently its touch awoke him once‚ At home‚ whispering of fields unsown. Always it woke him‚ even in France‚ Until this morning and this snow. If anything might rouse him now The kind old sun will know. Wilfred Owen was not only a soldier exposed to the horrific realities of war‚ he was also a talented poet who addresses important themes within his poetry such as the false glorification of war. His vivid and visceral
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How do Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon communicate their thoughts and feelings about war in the poems ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ and ‘Base Details’? In both the poems “Dulce et Decorum Est” and “Base Details” the 2 poets talk about the experiences of war in two very different points of views. They use a variety of different writing styles to convey their emotions and thoughts about the war to the readers. In Wilfred Owens poem the opening stanza is characterized by language about the “fatigue”
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readers a realistic picture of what they are reading. Literary devices benefit war literature by painting a picture in your mind‚ so you can visualize what horrific events the soldiers are going through. All Quiet on the Western Front and “Dulce Et Decorum Est” exploit literary devices to affirm the horrors of war. Erich Maria Remarque and Wilfred Owen emphasize poetic language with the use of personification‚ simile‚ and imagery. An idea or animal that is nonhuman‚ is bequeathed with human virtues
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