... eyes and based on his own experiences and views of the war. Using four clear stanzas, the poem uses standard, alternate rhyming lines. A slow, painstaking rhythm is established at the beginning of the poem through Owen's use of heavy, long words and end-stop lines, in order to illustrate just how slow and painstaking the war was. The pace then quickens during ... enough for the reader. Take "Dulce et Decorum Est" for example. Immediately, in the first stanza, Owen uses similes to introduce an intense atmospheric feel to the poem, with onomatopoeic words like 'trudge' and 'sludge' making...

• Word Count: 948
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... help the reader look at the poem in a far more intimate, compassionate way. The "thick green light", the "white eyes", and the "haunting flares", are just some of the key words that Owen uses to enable him to create these powerful images and allow the reader to experience a lot more of what Owen was feeling at the time. Conflictingly, Anthem for ... Doomed Youth is much less of a visual poem and this is all to do with Owen's subtle use of loud words, full of noise and bulk such as "monstrous anger" or "stuttering rifles rapid rattle." Although this creates less imagery in the poem, we c...

• Word Count: 1397
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate