... even though they clearly don't want to. Owen'sInspection? links closely with Barker's exploration of the effect of hierarchy in Regeneration. Hierarchies are shown in the power Yealland has over his patients and the futile orders to death being obeyed. Deaths in the war were being covered up and the intensity and seriousness of the conflict was heavily disguised in order to maintain recruitment. ?Inspection? is an incredibly intense ... hill towards a distant clump of trees? as if he is drunk or possessed. Barker tells us in detail what the setting was like and when we hear how the 'mud d...

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... - "My friend you would not tell with such high zest to children ardent for some desperate glory" was written probably because many of the young men who Owen was suffering with signed up because of the belief that war was glorious and noble. Owen is saying that if only the parents knew what would happen to their children if they fought in a war like this ... . Another factor, which I particularly admire in this poem, is how well the poet conveys the tone and feeling of the piece. In the first stanza, the poet does not express any of his own emotions, only stating their appearance and motio...

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