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unaware of the horrors these soldiers witnessed and experienced. The soldiers and their people back home were not only separated by distance but by mental barriers, which Owen showcases in his poetry. Owen’s use of personification in “Anthem for Doomed Youth” degrades the soldiers to objects to show how the war dehumanized them to intentionally create a disconnect between the audience and the soldiers. Owen manifests the soldiers’ ferocious emotions through their guns to demonstrate the dehumanization

Wilfred Owen's Anthem for a Doomed Youth is exactly that, an anthem ( a solemn song) to commemorate the innocent youth, whose lives were taken to soon by war. By using the word anthem, he calls to mind the glory and honor of a national anthem, however; he goes on to explain that there is no honor or glory in death, pairing the words doomed and youth together creates so much sorrow as well, it provides a woeful impression as it foretells of young people having no hope. Written in sonnet form, it is

swimmers. Do you like these? What does Brooke despise about the pre-war world? The war has killed very much young men. Those who were still alive after the war were injured physically or mentally. In the comparison of the youth with sleepers Rupert Brooke says that the youth didn’t do anything useful before the war. He also compares going into war as taking a dive in the swimming pool. You’ll out of the war as an entirely different man according to him. I don’t like these comparisons. You will come

Attitude Towards War in The Soldier and Anthem for Doomed Youth The two poems that I will be comparing in this essay are: “The Soldier” By Rupert Brooke, and “Anthem for Doomed Youth” By Wilfred Owen. Both of these poems are sonnets and both are written during The First World War. Although both sonnets are set during the same time period and are about the same war, the poets have very contradicting views; these views are expressed in their work. The first poem; “The Soldier” is focused

English essay ‘Dulce et decorum Est’ and ‘anthem for doomed youth’ are poems written by Wilfred Owen about his time in ‘the great war’ and all the terrible things the soldiers had to go through and all the pain it caused to not only the soldiers but also the people still at home and because of this and many other reasons these poems do reflect their context really well. And in these poems we get a first person view over the war as Wilfred Owen was also in the war, so he wrote a much clearer poem

‘The Soldier’ by Rupert Brooke and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ by Wilfred Owen are two World War One era sonnets, both making a comment on what it means to die in war. The two poets show very different views on war, as both had very different experiences in war. Rupert Brooke died before he made it to war, his poem highlights the soldier as a hero and glorifies dying in war, in contrast Wilfred Owen shows a grittier side to death in war, as he experienced war first hand and his poem is real and brutal

Comparison of Dulce et Decorum Est and Anthem for Doomed Youth When I was searching for two poems to compare, I saw these two poems and wanted to explore them to find out how Wifred Owen uses language in different ways to warn future generations of the horror of war. Wilfred Owen fought in the First World War. He enlisted as most young men were doing, so that they could protect Britain. However, in the trenches he realized how horrific the war was and started to make notes about the conditions

nationalistic values and shifts the public’s ideals and beliefs by showing them the concealed truth and exploitation of the soldiers. His livid attitude towards nationalism and the effects of war are shown in ,”Dulce et Decorum est.” While “Anthem for Doomed Youth” demonstrates his caring perspective on human life, individualism. Both aiming to reveal the truth of war. Owen’s uses his own experience to unearth the hidden truth about the great war, the suffering and torture of soldiers, both physically

emotions towards the war, through writing; such as letters for their loved ones, diaries, and different types of poems. For instance are the sonnet (English) compositions of W. Owen,  “ Dulce et Decorum Est “ (It is sweet and right) and “Anthem for Doomed Youth”.  These two poems are similar to some degree that they both reveal the manifestation of sorrowful pain of being in a war; however, different for the most part, such as in tone, language, and perspective.     “ Dulce et Decorum Est “ is a poem

protest against war. In this essay, the two poems “Dulce et Decorum Est” and “Anthem for Doomed Youth” will be compared. Both of these pores are written by Wilfred Owen, one of the Major poets during World War 1. The language and structure of the two poems will be compared, and how the poet makes war sound terrible to make the reader feel sympathy for the soldiers. In the poem “Anthem for Doomed Youth”, Own points out that there was a lack of care for the soldiers that were either dying or