War Poetry-Brooke and Owen

Explain two ways in which the language was effective in the texts (2) you have studied.

Language How it was effective Example

Anthem for Doomed Youth- Wilfred Owen (Optional- Attached)

• Tone –Cynical bitter and resentful. Tone tells the reader the poet’s attitude toward war. A use of irony in the title-irony usually indicates a cynical attitude. Being cynical implies a firm resentment and bitterness toward the subject. Once we have read the whole poem we see his resentment and realise he really does not feel it is sweet and right. The title Dulche et Decorun Est was also quoted at the start of WWI to assure the population it is a wonderful and great honour to die for your country. This we know is a lie. ‘My friend you would not tell with such high zest to children ardent for some desperate glory, the old lie; Dulche et Decorum est Pro patria mori- it is sweet and right

2. Simile ‘Dreams happy as her day’- this emphases his joy of being English.

to die for ones country. Give more examples of his tone or attitude toward war and the words and techniques he uses to get this across .

• Tone- Cheerful, romantic and celebrative tone- give own examples and insights.

• Died in the trenches while leading men across the Sambre Canel in 1918

1. Similes ‘Bent double like old beggars’, coughing like hags, his hanging face, like a devils sick of sin. (Lots more)

• Brooke never experience the trenches; he died in April 1915 and just missed the Gallipoli campaign.

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