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    World War one is known for many things writers, leaders, numbers of troops, battles, etc... but poets are another thing that some people find important about the war. There were 25 poets during World War one and three of them are Wilfred Owen, Edward Thomas and Rupert Brooke. Wilfred Owen was born on March 18, 1893 in Shropshire, England. In 1906 he went to school at Birkenhead Institute until his family moved to Shrewsbury where he continued to go to school at a Technical School. At the age 17

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    Edward Thomas’ “Adlestrop,” published in 1917, depicts Thomas' train ride, and focuses on the stop at a small town called Adlestrop. The poem, although it seems to be just the description of a small town, has an ambiance similar to many poems of World War I, which is a loathing towards war. Within the poem, there are two clear settings; the train and the meadow; both of which are described as humanless, quiet, and calm. Through language and structure techniques, it becomes clear that the poem’s meaning

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    Edward Thomas Lights Out

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    Edward Thomas was a war poet who wrote all of his poems while he served in World War I. His poems have been thought to make up “an elaborate suicide note”, ironic to his death by a bomb (Priory). As prevalent to his situation as death was, Thomas wrote of death as a process. Allusion, rhyme, and diction develop the theme of journeying into death in Edward Thomas’s “Lights Out”. Thomas is not forthright. Rather, he alludes to death as a forest, using its characteristics to define death. A forest is

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    The Tradition Of War Poetry By comparing and contrasting a selection of war poems consider the ways in which attitudes to war have been explored and expressed. When considering poetry written post 1900 concentrate on a selection of poems written by Wilfred Owen. Humans have turned to poetry in many different instances as a way of expressing them selves, using the best combination of words, in the best order to express exactly how they are feeling at that moment.

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    reflected in their poetry. They are two differents approch of war in poetry: patriotic or realistic The "War Poets" breaks with the lyrism, the victorien or the romantic. They are here to scream out the psychological malaise of soldiers. Wilfred Edward Salter Owen, (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier, known as the greatest war poets and one of the leading poets of the first Wold War. Dulce et Decorum est is one of, the most, memorable and anthologized poems in Owen's

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    Owen's war poetry is a passionate expression of outrage at the horrors of war and of pity for the young soldiers sacrificed in it. It is dramatic and memorable, whether describing physical horror, such as in‘ Dulce et Decorum Est’ or the unseen, mental torment such as in‘ Disabled’. His diverse use of instantly understandable imagery and technique is what makes him the most memorable of the war poets. His poetry evokes more from us than simple disgust and sympathy; issues previously unconsidered

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    Discuss the ways in which Thomas presents the effects of war in “Gone, gone again”. In your answer, explore the effects of language, imagery and verse form, and consider how this poem relates to other poems by Thomas you have studied. Throughout the poem the most prominent theme that Thomas includes are the references to the war. In fourth stanza “and when the war began” is a direct reference to the war, due to the context of the verses around it, the reference seems to be written quite bluntly

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    Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (Tom Brady) is just a 37 year old man who is just doing what he loves to do and that is playing Football. Brady was born on August 3, 1977, in San Mateo, California before Brady started to win Super Bowls, date Supermodels or before any of his Football career started to launch he was just known as “Tommy” a regular kid from his Neighborhood. Brady 's interest in football started when he was very young. Some of his earliest memories are of attending San Francisco

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    Jonathan Edwards v Thomas Paine “Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life;” this is a quote from Jonathan Edwards. Some literature writer expresses themselves more openly than others, or even tries to disguise what they are even writing about. Writing comes to others in different meanings such as: to tell a story, show emotions, and even tell what they believe in. Jonathan Edwards and Thomas Paine are different in ways, but also similar in ways. The ways of writing

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    Both Edward Thomas and Robert Frost explore many poems where they describe a place which would transport the reader to a specific scene that implies that this place is somewhat important to the poet. Edward Thomas’ poem, ‘Adlestrop’ describes where he witnessed a place for only a few moments as his train stopped at a station, named ‘Adlestrop’. Adlestrop is a small rural parish on the eastern border of Gloucestershire, and it is very well-known for its countryside and walks. This poem begins with

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