The Arsenal at Springfield' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: An Analysis

This is the poem that Jim Northrup wrote about war. I am going to Explicate the poem and

War poetry displays an accurate representation of the sensations felt during the horrid times of battle. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, D.B. asks Allie, “who was the best war poet, Rupert Brooke or Emily Dickinson” (140). The question proposed can be answered with many different opinions, as the individual's knowledge and understanding of each poet will impact their decision. In contrast to Rupert Brooke, Emily Dickinson is clearly the superior war poet as she portrays soldiers and the idea of death in an insightful manner, which causes the reader to go beyond their comprehension of the words to recognize the full potential of the poem.

This first paragraph will be talking about the poem. So first off the poem was first made in 1920 and this was during ww1 or “The great war.” In the first three lines, it has a very peaceful, soft, and sweet tone to it. The second half has a very darker tone to it than the

This poem romanticized Paul Revere and the revolutionary war. The revolutionary war was a war for independence between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies. Paul Revere was a patriot in the American Revolution. Longfellow's intentions were politically motivated. He wanted to remind people of the sacrifices people went through to protect the union.

causes the poem to flow, and thus lightens up the dark and serious issue of war. The lines "But ranged as infantry, And staring face to face, I shot at him as he at me, And killed him in his place." are easy to read; however, their meaning is extremely

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on February 27, 1807 in Portland, Maine to the mother Zilpah Wadsworth and the father Stephen Longfellow who was a politician and a lawyer.

The point of the poem was to deliver the horrors of war to the public

This poem is a lyric poem because it demonstrates emotion and is meant to inspire feelings and personal thoughts. At first it seems like a normal poem about bells, but it actually has a hidden meaning behind it. The author describes the bells as a symbol of peace and good-will. It was written in reference to the Civil War to demonstrate peace on earth and the poem clearly displays the horrid and bloody conflicts of war. Longfellow used a symbol of Christmas bells to exemplify its inner and outer beauty in contrast to the cruelties of the American Civil War.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an influential American writer in the 19th century. Born in Maine in 1807, Longfellow was 5 years old when the War of 1812 occurred. In a poem he wrote much later in life, “My Lost Youth”, Longfellow recounts begging his father for a toy drum. Being a small child, Longfellow could not grasp the magnitude of what was happening mere miles away in the Atlantic Ocean. The Longfellow family was so close to some battles that both British and American men who died in battle were buried down the street. Later in life, Longfellow contemplated in his writing how much of a blessing the opportunity of being alive meant to him.

Owen’s poem has the clear intention of showing the true nature of war to the reader, which is mainly achieved by contrasting reality against the ways in which war is so

The ‘Artillery poem' sounds like and incantation with reference to "malison" "curse" "cast" and "spell". These sometimes take place during a ritual and suggest that bringing "a piece of heavy artillery into action" would be almost ritualistic on the front. This suggests that war has replaced religion and that people abide to new rules dictated by the leaders of war other than Gods: Owen’s use of the hard "c" sound in "curse thee and cut thee from our soul!" which quickens the pace of the poem to evoke the growing desire to put the guns under wraps. Similarly, in ‘Atonement" the metaphor of magic is also conveyed through "they need ever see the end result- a vanished boy". Like "our soul!" in the ‘Artillery poem' the "boy" has a greater purpose in symbolising humankind and the destruction of it. The "vanished" seemingly magically implicit is clearly a euphemism for death. In using this technique McEwan softens and masks the upsetting truth- the innocent death of a boy who did nothing wrong whilst emphasising the sudden and ruthless finality of

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a poet who will forever be remembered and appreciated for his non-discriminatory views on different cultures and parts of the world, which inspired his work and poetry to be written in a language meant for all, specifically explained through figurative language and similes.

In the story, “A Farewell to Arms’, by Ernst Hemmingway, it is about an American in the early 1900’s during the first World War. The setting takes place in Europe, and the location includes countries from Italy to Switzerland. The purpose of this story is to show the negative impacts of war and how it affects people and the problems it causes in the world. Most people are against armed conflict because war generally brings little good to the countries that partake in the war. In the end, the cost is not only measured in money and pain but also in the many pointless deaths that are inflicted.

“For Longfellow - an abolitionist -the decision of the united states and the impending war over slavery was as dangerous and threatening to america as the british troops were in 1775.” said by Franklin Johnson in the article “How Accurate Was Longfellow’s Poem?” In the article that speaks the truth states many different pieces of accurate information. In the correct article called “How Accurate Was Longfellow’s Poem”, states that that Henry Longfellow’s information was incorrect because he is not interested in the conversation or the topic that he is walking or writing about and so therefore is giving incorrect information. As stated in Longfellow’s poem he is giving a lot of INCORRECT information but getting away with it by stating “information” that is making his words seem believable by giving false information and stating different information and all of the things that are given with false information. The poem written by Henry Wadsworth was very incorrect because there were 3 different people who were involved in Paul Revere’s journey and in the poem only 1 person is mentioned, he gave incorrect information about the lanterns and how it was used, and in the poem he gives us a lot of information that is inaccurate and does not give us the correct ending as in the article about the poem it gives a perspective for Paul Revere and gives us somewhat of an ending that will tell us the truth. There are three different articles and they are all about Paul Revere and based all

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on February 17, 1807 in Portland, Maine (Novelist and Prose Writers). He died at the age of 75 in 1882 after suffering from severe stomach pain. He was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts along with his wives. His family was very influential in the region. His father was a prominent lawyer. His maternal grandfather, Peleg Wadsworth, held the position of general in the American Revolutionary War and also served as a member of Congress (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow). Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the most popular poet in America, shaped his poetry to encourage virtues and to live life happily without giving up on any situation that life brings.