Memento Mori

Victor almanza Stephen Crane is consider one of the Great American authors, wrote during the “Realism” period. Particularly, in his work tittle “The red badge of courage”, written in 1895 we can see evidence of the characteristics, themes and style identified with the “Realist” movement which was extant in American letters between 1960 and 1910. As a representative of such a movement, Crane then remains one of the most identifiable and iconic writers of his time. As I was reading the first pages

The Howling effect In the poem Howl part one, Allen Ginsberg travels all over the world and describes his life and the “ best minds of his generation” (1) the beat poets. Ginsberg expresses his tone with emptiness, darkness, and depression. Part two; the word Moloch represents war, governments, psychiatric hospital, universities and any other social authorities. Ginsberg conveys that Moloch is responsible for war and sorrows; this ties to the first part of Ginsberg poem. In part three; “I’m with

World War I was unlike the glorified notion that was publicised in propaganda on the home front, as many soldiers believed it was honourable and glorious to die for their country. Instead, men who “marched off to battle with a romantic view of war” were confronted with dreadful conditions of trenches and the horrors of human conflict, as expressed in the poem, ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’. Due to the experiences of war, young soldiers had become frail, decrepit and confined, and through the striking comparisons

Walt Whitman does not like war or the effects of it. He realized this after volunteering as a nurse during World War One. The war changed his whole life and the way he saw it.     Walt Whitman grew up in Brooklyn, New York with his nine brothers and sisters. He liked writing, by the time he was twenty he loved the boom town atmosphere of Brooklyn and got into journalism. After ten years he decided to go down to New Orleans for a little break. He started journalism in New Orleans at the New Orleans

‘Dulce et Decorum est’ is a poem by Wilfred Owen, trying to express the idea of the brutality and futility of the overly glorified war, and that war is bad. He does this through not only his personal but also the experiences that other soldiers had gone through with him during the first world war. I will be explaining how Owen used techniques like Simile, Metaphor and inform the reader about his ideas. One of the techniques in the poem ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ that helps the reader to understand

The Second Coming", which was written by William Butler Yeats, is being linked to World War 1, which Yeats lived through and experienced. This poem is filled with very descriptive examples and effects due to the war, and the overriding tone of this has been set to a dark and gloomy poem. Most people would think that Yeats is talking about the return of Jesus Christ, but actually, he is portraying his world as being encumbered by destruction and chaos. He is afraid that the world will never get any

attempts to describe to us the feeling he had when he was there, but most people cannot convey the full experience. He is saying that most people do not understand war unless they have been there. Lastly “The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est Pro patria mori.” This means that “It is sweet and right to die for your country” is a lie. This whole poem shows how excruciating it is to lose a person on the battlefield, so in the end, it proves that dieing for your country is worse than you can anticipate. Going

In “Exposure” by Wilfred Owen, the speaker exposes the atrocious conditions under which the soldiers live, by expressing the psychological and physical repercussions of the war. First, the speaker uses repetition to stress the anxiety that soldiers are facing. The speaker repeats “But nothing happens” four times throughout the poem to emphasize on the soldiers who are constantly afraid that another attack is going to happen soon (lines 5, 15, 20, 40). They live with the uncertainty of when the next

War is neither wondrous, kind, nor beautiful. War has killed many of our soldiers and innocent everyday people. It puts some in debt, and allows diseases to flourish, but Instead of telling people "War is bad," writers often use the literary devices of imagery, irony, and structure to protest war. Initially, authors protest war by using imagery in their work. In "Dulce et Decorum Est," by Wilfred Owen, the imagery he utilized was very strong. When the narrator was describing the death of his friend

Within in society, there is a huge debate on whether war is heroism or just a tragedy. In “Dulce et Decorum Est” author Wilfred Owen has hands on experienced the battlefield and what it truly has to offer. Owen elaborates on how the war is unnecessary and has many cons for soldiers as well as for the people watching at home. He contributes his own experience and how it is not a relief to kill your enemy, you are killing a real person. Next, Owen feels irritated that kids at home are idolizing everything