Doomed Youth Poem

many types of imagery throughout his poem that depicts more negativity than positivity, however both are present. For instance, the poet says “ The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on like death” (lines 1-3). This pinpoints one example of negative imagery in the poem because whiskey on his breath, dizzy, and death all provide unfavorable images in the reader’s mind. Another representation of this, is when the author states “ You beat time on my head ” (line 13). This also portrays negative imagery in the poem because it reveals an abusive image to readers. Lastly, a contrasting illustration of imagery is when the author conveys “ We romped until the pans Slid from the kitchen shelf” ( lines 5 & 6). This encourages that there also is positive imagery present in the poem because the father dancing with his child which provides love and security for the reader's mind.

In this poem, Tuwhere uses the effect of compare and contrast to give the reader a before and after image. The poem starts off with “Tree let your arms fall,” later on through the poem it says “Tree let your naked arms fall.” This gives us a before an effective divide that shows us when the poet is talking about life before a nuclear war where humanity and nature aren’t yet affected and a life after a nuclear strike where the tree has been striped of its leaves and there is no longer anything left of nature or

The study of any poem often begins with its imagery. Being the centralized idea behind the power of poetry, imagery isn’t always there to just give a mental picture when reading the poem, but has other purposes. Imagery can speak to the five senses using figurative language as well as help create a specific emotion that the author is trying to infuse within the poem. It helps convey a complete human experience a very minimal amount of words. In this group of poems the author uses imagery to show that humanity is characterized as lost, sorrowful and regretful, but nature is untainted by being free of mistakes and flaws and by taking time to take in its attributes it can help humans have a sense of peace, purity, and joy, as well as a sense of

Personification also contributes to the relationship by making the tree a lively component of the family instead of a passive object in the back yard. A relationship necessitates at least two parties so it is necessary that the tree be a part of the family. At the end of the poem, “the black walnut tree swings into another year” when the family decides to keep it. This shows that the family respects the tree as its own entity and presence. First, this personifies the tree as free and leisurely because swings are usually for play. It also contextualizes the tree as having a

One day the poet and her mother discussed about the walnut tree which they have in their backyard, this is not an ordinary tree for them, lots of emotions and feelings of them are attached with this tree the poet and her mother struggle to decide whether they will have this walnut tree on their property or not, they will be able to pay off their home’s mortgage (Messineo, 2014 , p.n.d), if they choose to remove the tree and sell it for the lumberman. However, if they want to keep it and be faithful to what the tree represents such as father’s memory, they will face the reality that the roots would smash the house and then owe a debt or worse, the poet used “figurative language” in this poem, “Likely..... Storm....will churn.... its dark boughs,” this phrase is the example of the “figurative language” which shows the tough time, diversity and difficulty in their life. They didn’t want to cut it down but during this

Similes and metaphors provide a clear picture of the despondent world that the author lived in. In the poem the dead are “Bound with ropes like the tree’s ball of roots

Throughout “The Black Walnut Tree”, the speaker is reminded of her forefathers while contemplating her and her mother’s predicament involving the removal of the obstructive tree. In line sixteen, the poem shifts from a negative tone to a more positive one, for the speaker previously talked about the tree’s “dark boughs...smashing the house” before encountering a change in heart which moves her to

Though I concede that the reason for the tree to be preserved is because it is a symbol of the narrator’s family tree, I insist the meaning transcends that, the poem isn’t just about how the tree represents family and the narrator’s willingness to do anything to keep it, but about how holding on too tightly to your history, to your past, can hurt your future. This is a poem about being afraid of change, and about how holding on too tightly a relic of your past, will come to hurt you in the long run. The tree is cast in multiple negative connotations, especially through the first fifteen lines. The tree is shown to hurt more than it helps especially when Oliver explains: “Likely some storm anyway/will churn down its dark boughs,/ smashing the

The description of the tree and the birds is a metaphor for her and her ex-lovers, respectively, that reveals her feelings of helpless in the process of aging. The personification of the tree as it “stands” and “knows” confirms that the tree metaphor for the speaker’s experiences (9, 10). Just as a tree cannot control the seasons that it goes through, the speaker cannot control the process of aging and the subsequent loss of beauty she experiences with it. The poem’s use of the adjective “lonely” to describe the tree further contributes to its gloomy tone (9). The metaphor continues by emphasizing the point that the speaker never got to truly know her lovers.

A dark light is shed on nature, with the use of words such as “soiled” to depict the clouds in the sky (3). Normally, one would appreciate nature for its beauty and ability to create peace in its observers, but clearly the speaker feels resentment and disgust towards the environment. What happened to create this negative feeling towards a seemingly harmless and normally appreciated thing? The wind is described like a bird, flying and “beat(ing) around in its cage of trees,” wanting to be set free (2). The personification of the wind gives the normally less powerful force more shape and life, as though it is capable of great destruction. Similarly, the “starlings peck at the ice,” trying to break through (3). There is a theme of breaking free from confinement in these two lines, which is an interesting concept when the reader is introduced to the wife in the second stanza. She “stays home and stares from the window” at the outside world, which is clearly a depressing scene due to the harshness of the winter

The simile in line 11-12 states “who rushed like lions to the roaring slaughter // they did not stop to think they died instead” (Cummings, 641). He uses this simile to get the reader to imagen the scene of people dying in a gory war. The reader sees the scene of people dying and feels like they are there by reading his words. He has a great sense of imagery in his poem which sums up his great piece of writing. Throughout the poem the reader is able to understand Cummings stance of his topic by his use of style, symbolism, diction, and imagery that explain his

The visual imagery of the life of the leaf is recounted by the voice while its fate is stated by the echo, “death.” In the line, “Leaf blossoms, burns red before delighted eyes,” the leaf is a symbol of life while the burning is the end of life symbolizing mortality. The imagery also serves to show the reader the reason for the narrator’s sadness as loss of life of a loved one hence questioning life and living. The imagery in the line, “And in that night would you rejoice or weep” serves to show the sad mood in the poem. The use of questions is a style that serves to emphasize the meaning; an example is, “Are you glad that I must fall asleep?” The voice questions the value of life to which the echo replies, leap showing that despite the concerns and perturbed nature of the narrator, he/she should take a leap of faith. The narrator’s nebulous state is also evidenced by the questions and tries to seek to understanding. In “Oh cold reprieve, where’s natural relief?’ The speaker seeks an escape but is reminded of the need to try as there is no escape. This reinforces the meaning of the poem by making the audience question their purpose in life and seek answers to death and

In Owen’s poem, “Anthem for Doomed Youth”, the speaker meditates on both the brevity and value of life. From the very beginning of the poem, it is evident that Owen (the author and speaker) has a negative view of the war, believing that the political powers that are using the soldiers do not value them either as people or as soldiers, either when they are living or as they die. As he reflects on how little effort is put forth to honor the death of the soldiers with funeral rites, he also ponders the question of whether the political powers value the soldiers simply as a means to an end instead of as human beings. He believes the government is disingenuous when they claim that he and his fellow soldiers have any value. Several of Owen’s images are of a religious nature, alluding to specific Christian burial traditions, indicating that he values those beliefs. By drawing to mind those images, which in the era he was writing, would have brought with them a reminder of a God who values all life, Owens creates a contrast between the reality of war and the expectations of a civil society, and bolsters his case that disrespectful treatment of the soldiers bodies demonstrates they also had no value in life.

The imagery shows the main point of the poem which is children going through a tough time when they are not supposed to and all they can do is cry at the moment. A symbolism that was found in the poem was the death of alice. The death of alice symbolize joy because Alice was able to escape the tough time children had to face. It says in line 54 “ death in life as best to have” this indicates that many of the children rather die because it is their only escape from child labor.

The very title that Wilfred Owen chose for his war poem, 'Anthem for Doomed Youth ' is an apt representation of what he wanted the poem to encapsulate and the emotions he wanted to evoke in the readers. The word 'anthem ' and 'doomed youth ' is a stark juxtaposition when placed in the same sentence. An anthem is supposed to be something revered, something that represents the glory of a country and is bursting with national pride. However, when placed right before the words 'doomed youth ' we get the impression that Owen is indirectly trying to question the glory and honour that most associate with war. Is it really right that we would strip youth of their lives, their dignity and their future on the