... transformations we must remember that revolutionary innovations, particularly in technology, already existed in 1914. The motorcar, the aeroplane, the cinema, the telephone, the principles of radio, were quite familiar, though the war greatly speeded their development. Similarly, many of the most radical manifestations of modernism in the arts belong to the immediate pre-war era. LITERATURE: In English Literature we need to distinguish between ... finally T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) who was both a poet and critic wrote his first collection of poems before the war. We also have to mention grea...

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... Owen, it gives a very good image of young men's attitudes when entering the world before they had been hardened by the experience of war. The poem "Futility", the heading says it all for Wilfred Owen, World War 1 was pointless, useless. The first stanza of Futility describes someone of authority (maybe a General) ordering his men to move the dead soldier into the sun, he believes the sun has woken him once ... it makes you think what are we doing to each other. Wilfred Owen use of half rhymes in this poem gives us the feeling of senselessness. In "Dulce et decorum Est pro patria mori" d...

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... him feel big. This shows a level of immaturity. Further on the poem indicates that the soldier joined the army as a mistake - he was forced into it. Then there is a short statement saying " he wonders why". The man was probably forced into joining the army by his wife, hence "to please his Meg". This is not a good reason to risk your life for. A few sentences on Owen has ... a dig at the people in the war office. He says the person in the war ... office wrote down the soldiers lie "smiling". This shows Owens obvious disapproval. To start with, the soldier had no fear of fear; this mean...

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... health is described as: "Coughing like hags," These two lines have very good use of similes. The soldiers are supposed to be strong and fit but he uses similes to say that they are old, weak and tired. He uses many more similes in this poem, like when describing a dying soldier of a gas attack: "White eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face ... have been caught out and even though tired and injured, they try to fit their helmets and gas masks. The descriptions of the surroundings are very good: "The misty panes and thick green light, As under a green sea" This gives the effect of a ...

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... any kind of sound "Deaf even to the hoots" In the second stanza, gas bombs are attacking the soldiers. The writer uses short sentences to create an atmosphere .Owen uses personification to describe the helmets not going on to the soldiers heads "fitting the clumsy helmets just in time" The poet uses a lot of doing words "yelling, floundering" to describe the action of the soldier that didn't get his helmet on ... and not to go in and do something silly like join the war. He describes the death of the soldier using many hard hitting adjectives "vile ,bitter, incurable" "in high zest" At ...

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... woman never touch him. As if his pain is contagious. In stanza three the poet reflects on how handsome the young man was. 'There was an artist silly for his face, for it was younger than his youth last year.' The young soldier had a beautiful face and any artist would have been pleased to draw his ... This shows how he used to like having a few cuts or bruises, as it showed he tried hard and did a good job and he got respect for this. In contrast to this, when the young soldier went to war his injuries were horrific, far worse than his cuts or bruises from a football match, however he g...

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... before his death describes the closeness to his fellow soldier but also tells of the horrors he faces everyday. "Dearest Mother, So thick is the smoke in this cellar that I can hardly see by candle twelve inches away. And so thick are the inmates that I can hardly ... January, Attends Graves" wedding 1918 - August, sees Sassoon wounded in hospital, Returns to France 1918 - 4th November, Killed in action on the banks of the Sambre-Oise canal. 1918 - 11th November, News of his death reaches Shrewsbury 1919 - Publication of seven poems in "Wheels" 1920 - December ... The way Owen has writt...

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... unpleasant and vivid image of the setting for Owen's experience. In the next stanza of the poem the pace becomes faster as Owen describes the sudden activity as the gas shells drop. Her writes about the ecstasy of fumbling as the men put on their gas masks. Owen writes about seeing the soldier drowning in the gas, he uses this metaphor to show that the gas enveloped the man, he couldn't breath and ... was a sudden and unprepared for event. When Owen addresses you directly he tells you that if you could have been there and seen the horror, darkness and death of the war then you wouldn't ...

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... there if they yet mock what women meat who gave them flowers", the soldiers now realize the significance of the flowers they were given when they left for war. It was if they were saying they were as good as dead. The war will forever ruin their lives; the war is not an exciting experience. The repetition of "a few" in line 18 signifies how many people died ... in the war, and that there is nothing to celebrate when they return, only death. In the last line of "the send-off" the surviving soldiers are walking up "half-know ... are that tired it seems as if they have aged, it is also be...

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... Though fought for different reasons, most wars feature the same kind of ghastly events that soldiers are subjected to. This heartrending poem depicts a soldier's first-hand experience of the atrocious events that occur in war. The poem goes deeply into detail by describing some of the horrible aspects of war that many young men ... lives as they prepare to head overseas to Iraq. As with every generation of soldiers that head into a war, they will have to face the unexpected. Wilfred Owen was so appalled by some of his experiences in war that he exclaims in his poem that "a devil's sick o...

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... and horrible aspects of it. Both Tennyson and Owen have strong opinions on the war and make them very clear in their writing. Tennyson uses imagery and diction to make the soldiers seem as heroes dying for a good cause, not focusing on the deaths and losses of war, while Owen uses the same literary devices to show what it is really like, filled with pain ... fictional, where he makes war appear too good to be true. Wilfred Owen's poem has more of a realistic approach to it, and although some aspects might be exaggerated, it is a more believable depiction, showing that soldiers are peopl...

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... normally portrayed as young, fit and healthy. This paints a picture of how the war is damaging these young men, and that the stereotype of soldiers being sturdy and in good shape is untrue. This contrast is further displayed as Owen describes the soldiers as "drunk with fatigue". This describes how the soldiers are so tired that they are almost intoxicated with exhaustion, showing how ... the war is damaging the soldiers not only physically, but also mentally. The soldiers are expected to be ... can be put at risk. The portrayal of the sudden fear and panic rushing over the soldiers f...

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