1. Comparison Between Dulce et Decorum Est and The Soldier
... sea, I saw him drowning." Which is actually, him seeing someone suffering from the gas, with the green glass of the gas mask, causing him to see everything as green, including air. As for imagery, Rupert Brooke uses calm and peaceful images, to give the reader the image of pastoral and idyllic England, with words and phrases such as "suns of home ... smooth and fluid. Rupert Brooke, with his phrases, "flowers to love", "her ways to roam", "washed by the rivers" and "blest by suns of home" in the first stanza, projects into the reader's mind of a place, calm and peaceful, with a bright s...
- Word Count: 1482
- Approx Pages: 6
- Grade Level: Undergraduate