... . Language How it was effective Example Tone Poem 1 Poem 2 Use of Imagery Poem 1 Poem 2 Dulce et Decorum Est- Wilfred Owen Anthem for Doomed Youth- Wilfred Owen (Optional- Attached) The Soldier- Rupert Brooke. Poem 1 • 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 ... English. 3. Concrete Images- Euphemistic Images of England, its geography," Washed by the rivers, blest by the sons of home," "And laughter learnt of friends and happiness, "under an English he...

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... that they no one had experience anything like this before. The four poets all take different approaches in attempting to portray the effect that war has on the people involved. Rupert Brooke wrote towards the start of the war, this is why when you read his poems there is a strong air of patriotism, unlike Siegfried Sassoon who focuses more on protesting ... drive meaning and there are many references to nature such as "field" and "rivers". The soldier in many ways sums up the mood of the first months of the war. Rupert Brooke is happy to die for his country, but knows nothing of what co...

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... dead. At the beginning of the war, most poets wrote about how it was patriotic to fight or even die for your country, "The Soldier" is one of these poems. Rupert Brooke wrote this poem very early in the war, this is known as a pro-war poem. In this poem he is saying if you die for your country you will ... ...

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