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    the readers. Dulce Et Decorum Est explore how the experiences create emotions for the readers mind to capture the essence of war whilst on the other hand the Anthem for Doomed Youth speaks about what war was like in conjunction to pitifulness and stupidity. To begin‚ Dulce Et Decorum Est (It is sweet and honourable) talks about war and the effects of war. The effects of war are described as ’Bent double‚ like old beggars under sacks‚ Knock-kneed‚ coughing like hags’ where soldiers are demystified

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    Wilfred Owen portrays the horror of war by using dramatic contrasts‚ powerful imagery‚ devastating irony and by generating a strong feeling of sympathy for the subject of the poem. The contrasts between health and illness feature heavily in the poem and give a before and after picture of the subjects life. Before the war the boy in the poem had played football‚ "After the matches." "It was after football" and now he does not even have the equipment to play‚ i.e. legs‚ "Legless‚ sewn short at

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    presentation of war in 2 poems of your selection. Wilfred Owen’s presentation of war in “Anthem for Doomed Youth” and “The Dead Beat” is that of cruelty‚ the lack of respect towards the soldiers‚ how war deteriorates the life of a person (shell-shock) and the effects on the loved ones. “Anthem for Doomed Youth” highlights the cruelty of war that dehumanizes the soldiers and takes away their dignity. “The Dead Beat” tell us how the war kills the human spirit‚ both physically and mentally. War is being

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    Wilfred Owen- controlled assessment Compare the ways in which Owen reflects on the experience of warfare in these two poems. The main ways in which Owen reflects on the experience of warfare in the Sentry and Dulce Et Decorum Est are themes that run throughout both‚ such as the theme of guilt and the theme of drowning also involving water imagery. Owen uses poetic techniques such as pathetic fallacy and onomatopoeia to foreground the experiences warfare. Owen reflects on the experience of warfare

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    How does the poet effectively create a sense of horror and futility of war? Wilfred Owens “Dulce et decorum est” tell us about the terrible and dreadful description suffered by a group of soldiers in the First World who gladly laid down their lives in the glory of battle. Dulce et decorum est‚ a very popular propaganda and a big lie which tells us that how sweet and fitting is to die for ones country. This poem is written in horrifying of how soldiers died to make the readers think that it is not

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    all places and all wars”. Wilfred Owens unique writing style used to express his contentious depiction of war led him to become one of the greatest war poets. Owen wrote poems on frhis personal experiences during the war and was heavily influenced by his friend and mentor Siegfried Sassoon a fellow war poet and soldier. Owens poems contested the public perception of war and changed how people viewed it. Wilfred Owen was born in Shropshire in 1893‚ and at the outbreak of the war he was living in france

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    Owen is more famous for his angry and emotional poems such as Dulce‚ though his quieter poems can pack just a strong a punch. Futility has a barely controlled emotion to it‚ we are used to Owen questioning war and people but here he questions life itself. His desperation and hollow lack of hope‚ so resigned against life‚ is intensely emotional‚ beyond anger and beyond help. His use of sounds and assonance give the poem a quiet tone‚ almost as if the speaker is whispering. There is no

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    Explain how particular features of at least two of Wilfred Owen’s poems set for study interact to affect your response to them. Wilfred Owen’s war poems central features include the wastage involved with warhorrors of war and the physical effects of war. These features are seen in the poems "Dulce Et Decorum Est" and "Anthem for Doomed Youth" here Owen engages with the reader appealing to the readers empathy that is felt towards the soldier. These poems interact to explore the experiences of

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    Owen reflects on the price paid by soldiers during wartime as he shows how the war takes away the soldiers lives. Owen describes the soldiers as being “Bent double like old beggars” this shows the price paid by soldiers as war has aged them. Owen then goes on to describe the soldiers as hags and wearing sacks. Instead of wearing smart uniforms they are now dressed like beggars in sacks. This again shows the price paid. In both Exposure and Dulce et Decorum Est‚ Owen uses strong verbs. In Dulce

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    Analysis of ‘Disabled’‚ by: Wilfred Owen In the poem Disabled‚ Wilfred Owen reveals the reality of war by highlighting the pity and reality of a soldier’s experience in the trenches. Owen reveal’s the true horror and misconception of war throughout the poem as he relates it to an unknown soldier’s experience. Owen demonstrates the waste and horror war causes as he also implies the true horror of war is the life after war and the memories a soldier is left with and how it affects his life. This essay

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