Pre Twentieth Century Poetry War And Death Essay

To compare the way in which the two poets write or so the subject of death. Use qoutations to support your views.The first verse form is entitled Dulce Et decorum est. This numbers is written by Wilfred Owen, he served in the army in 1915 & died 3 years later in 1918. During this time he had a good account of what state of war was about. This song is a very anti war piece of poetry. He describes the war in gory detail & the obvious aim is to discourage people from joining the war effort. He uses vivid descriptions to describe simple things. Knock kneed, coughing like hags,we blessed through sludgeIn the poem the soldiers are retreating, this poem is exceedingly grim and morbid. The author was trying to create a picture in our imagination of the horrid scenes. He is also trying to tell incoming generations not to f all for the old lie, Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patri Mori. This he claims is propoganda which leave alone make you feel patriotic & want to die for your country. In the poem a fellow comrade dies from a gas attack. In authentic parts of the poem he uses wild Similes, for example. His hanging face, like a devils sick of sin This appeals to most people because it catches your eye, it is a peom which can be confusing if you had no idea what was happening. This is different from another(prenominal) poems because it describes everything in detail. halfway through the poem, the author describes what resembles a crude funeral. If in some suffocative dreams, you to could pace, behind the wagon that we flung him in. The reason this is crude is because you wouldnt fling individual into a hearse. I think the reason that they did that was because they are exhausted sufficient as it is without carrying extra weight. This poem is a basic warning to all future generations, although whether it worked or not is unknown. Personally it works for me as I would not join.The second poem is entitled, Stop All The Clocks. The author is W.H Auden. this poem wa s written during peacetime & isnt as morbid and grim as the other poem by Wilfred Owen. This poem is more personal & more of a deeper feeling going into it the emotions that he was feeling at the time of writing. The poet was a homosexual & is writing about a lover, who is male. This makes no difference to the poem. It would be the same if he was a heteresexual. W.H auden uses some wierd words to describe his lover. He was my North, my South, My East & West. I think this means that he was the world to him. W.H audens poem punishings like he wrote this when his emotions were at there highest. the other poem seemed to be written after the war, the emotions in it wouldnt be as strong. W.H Auden uses everyday objects to represent his feelings. Stop all the clocks, cut the telephone. Prevent the leaper barking with a juicy boneThis isnt rare in poems tho the words he uses are. If these were used in normal sentences then they would sound pretty normal.Overall some(prenominal) poems gi ve an accurate account of War & Death, both peoms are good & are very well written. If i personally had to pick out a poem that i liked, I would choose the Dulce Et Decorum Est. I think that it grabs peoples attention & it sounds more like a poem which would interest people. It gives an account into the past. I think both poems become there message across. War & Death is examplified well into both poems & both authors have done a good job to show this.