“Good Poets Make Readers Think About Their Own Lives Not Only By

Good poets make readers animadvert about their own lives not only by
What they say but how they say it

A personal reflection.

The value of poetry to me is its power to move my sensation with ideas. Poets depict their experiences using words, creating smellingings in me about situations I think about but may never experience. Poems act care art; some(prenominal)how they bypass the conscious and go honest to the heart.

The two poems I wish to discuss are, Anthem for curst Youth, which is about the senseless waste of young lives on the battlefields of universe War One, and Dulce et Decorum Est which is about how fighting state of wars for your sphere isnt sweet and patriotic, but war is actually a waste of lives. Both these poems are written by Wilfred Owen who died in action at the age of 25, in 1918. His poems describe some of the horrific experiences of trench and chemical warfare in World War One.

Anthem for Doomed Youth is about superfluous youth and the lack of any ceremony for these men demise on the battlefield. The poem poetically counterpoises the sounds of a natural church service burials, bells chiming, choirs, sobbing girls, with the heartless noise of the battlefield:anger of the guns... rifles rapid rattle... walling shells.



I think the poem is written with a insoluble and ironic tone. There will be: no bells signalling the spends death, there will only be the: heartbreaking anger of guns, and stuttering rifles rapid rattle.
Owen says there will be no mockery now for them. To me it means in normal situations when young men die the priest explains how it was Gods will. The irony of this is God wouldnt wont to make out the lives of innocent youth, so thankfully the dead soldiers are spared this sign of mockery.
I feel Owen is trying to make us aware of the pity and countless loss of young soldiers lives, those who die as cattle. This poem makes me feel angry, sad and disappointed because of the way kids go off to war with heroic...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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