In this very blunt poem‚ Edwin Brock describes five distinct eras in which death had taken place. It is also hinted how man has evolved in their methods to kill themselves. Each stanza represents a different time and place. This is ranged from the biblical era to the mid-twentieth century. Different phrases within the stanzas give away which era Brock is referring to. All of which have different meanings and a very unemotional tone to them. “And one man to hammer the nails home.” The first stanza
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In the poem called “Five Ways to Kill a Man‚” by Edwin Brock‚ the poet indicates five different ways to kill a man by using history to relate the topic. A woman named Gerda Hoogenboom said‚ “The key to understanding the poem is to look at the setting of each stanza. Then‚ the rest follows” (Plagiarist Poetry Archive). By going through time and using various poetry techniques‚ Brock was able to get his point across to the reader in his poem. In Brock’s poem‚ there are five stanzas and each of them
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of chlorine gas. Owen paints the soldiers as not necessarily heroic‚ but rather more desperate and terrified‚ "like old beggars under sacks‚" (Owen line 1)‚ also "coughing like hags" (Owen line 2). I feel that Owen portrays his fellow soldiers this way to try and illustrate the point that these people are terribly afraid of death and are faced with it every day they live. They also aren’t this indestructible super human killing machine‚ but rather a group of terrified 20 year olds who just want to
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This poem by Edwin Brock is often considered a poem against war‚ whereas in fact it is a poem about the loss of humanity. It is written much like an instruction guide or recipe book‚ telling the reader the manner in which a man can be efficiently killed. Each stanza deals with one method of killing; each one distancing the killer further from his victim‚ till in the last stanza there is neither killer nor victim‚ but just a living death. In the first stanza the crucifixion of Jesus is refered
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Horses – Edwin Muir Summary The poet one evening happens to see farm horses‚ those powerful shaggy animals working the plough and something jolts his memory and he recalls his earlier fear of these animals. As a child‚ Edwin Muir lived in the Orkney Islands where animals like Shetland ponies were used regularly as farm animals. As a child‚ the poet was overwhelmed by their powerful presence especially when seen through the gloaming light of a late afternoon. When the horses pulled the plough in
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Texts can be constructed to establish a sense of inevitability of something happening. This gets the reader or viewer engaged‚ being left make predictions. This sense is achieved with techniques employed by the author or director of a text. Such is the case in Into Thin Air written by Jon Krakaeur and in The Hunger Games directed by Gary Ross Jon Krakauer constructs the text Into Thin Air to establish a sense of inevitability that a disaster will occur on Mt. Everest. He achieves this with the
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present. However‚ Edwin Muir’s ’Horses’ is a poem of past memories only. The interesting part is that it deals with many conflicts and issues which are prevalent even today. It is thus a bridge between the past and present and is expressed in the form of a piece of literature. Muir himself said that in writing about horses in this poem‚ he was reflecting his childhood view of his father’s plough horses‚ which must have seemed huge‚ powerful and mysterious to a boy of four or five. Some of his poems
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In Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poem “Richard Cory” and T.R. Hummer’s poem “Glass Ceiling‚” both poets share the common theme of people shielding themselves from reality for social reasons. In everyday life‚ there are people who want to fit in‚ regardless of the people they hurt. Fitting in is really important for some people‚ even though it does not matter for most‚ sometimes people do the opposite and try to standout. However‚ this is common in everyday life‚ and is a popular subject among teens
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Poems Dulce et Decorum Est **and Five Ways to Kill a Man Both Owen’s Dulce et Decorum Est and Brock’s Five Ways to Kill a Man portray war in a bad light. How they achieve this objective however differs from each other vastly. Owen’s poem is a first-hand account of a gas attack in the First World War. Brock’s poem is a far removed spectator view of war throughout the ages. Owen’s poem uses vivid imagery and strong emotions to attack the fallacies of war‚ while Brock is much more subtle in his delivery
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Tricia Brock is lead singer of the popular contemporary Christian band‚ Superchic[k]. She grew up wanting to be a nurse. She even wanted to go to nursing school after high school‚ and do some missionary work. But God led her in another direction. She began to notice an opportunity to use her amazing singing voice to lead the world to Christ. She wasn’t sure how to go about it‚ so she took the famous “Leap of Faith”. She had never imagined being the lead singer of a punk/ rock Christian band‚ or that
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