Genre Essays

If there was one primary objective behind Wilfred Owen’s war poetry, it would be to uncover the fallacy that war is constantly justifiable and a noble cause to die for one’s nation. Owen had personally witnessed the terrible atrocities and sorrows of the First World War, which led him to expose the deceitful facade and […]

The poems Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen and War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy, selected for comparison and contrast, share a common message, despite having been written more than half a century apart. Both poems highlight the needless agony inflicted upon war victims and the blissful ignorance of people who remain unaffected. Examining […]

I am going to discuss the changing attitudes to war by two World War One poets, by comparing their poems. I have chosen to compare the poems “Dulce et Decorum est” by Wilfred Owen, which was written between 1925-1918. The other poem is “The Soldier” written by Rupert Brooke in 1915. Owen describes war as […]

During and before the First World War, between the year 1914 and 1918, there were many recruitment banners, recruitment poems, and many other ways to encourage young men to go to war. When the war began in August 1914, Britain relied only on a small professional force, unlike most other European and Global countries that […]

There have been many wars throughout time. Most people learn the facts through: papers, films, books or poems, but I am comparing two similar poems which have different meanings. Wilfred Owen who wrote the poem ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ or Lord Alfred Tennyson who wrote ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’. They are both based […]

The First World War commenced on August 4th, 1914, with hostilities between soldiers from Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and the USA against troops from Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey. World War One had multiple causes, including conflicts over Alsace-Lorraine between Germany and France and disputes between Russia and Austria-Hungary regarding the Balkan States. Additionally, Germany’s […]

The poem Funeral Blues is about the death of the poet’s very close lover, we are not sure exactly who this person is but the poet was obviously close to him. The poet expresses his deepest feelings in the poem by trying to stop everything in the world while he grieves for the death of […]

My essay is going to discuss the comparisons and contrasts of the three poems I have chosen. The first is called ‘In Flanders Fields’ and is written by John McCrae, born in 1872-1918. McCrae was a Canadian doctor who first served as a gunner in Europe and gradually became a military medical officer. He partook […]

The setting of the poem contributes greatly to the meaning. The title, “Casualty-Mental Ward” is essential to understanding the setting. I personally think that the setting takes place in a mental ward itself and that the speaker is a patient there. This can be seen by looking at line 16, “As all eyes close, they […]

During World War I, Wilfred Owen witnessed unimaginable events that are hard for modern society to comprehend. Nevertheless, he managed to express the harrowing incidents in a way that elicits empathy from those who have never experienced trench warfare. Owen was successful in conveying his emotions and observations from the war. In his poem ‘Dulce […]

War in general is a vastly expansive topic. It is an inclusive universal experience, which involves people of all ages. As a result of this universality it triggers many feelings in a person to express their emotions; this is normally shown through poetry or novels. Being such an emotive topic, which Shall result from the […]

Rupert Brooke’s five sonnets, “Peace”, “Safety”, “The Rich Dead”, “The Dead” and “The Soldier”, known collectively as “1914”, were immensely popular during the First World War, his poems were reprinted, on average, every eight weeks of its duration. Brooke also received great admiration and respect from his contemporaries both during his time as a pre-war […]

Each of these poems reflects the Georgian poets’ initial inclination towards using euphemisms to describe the war. While Walter De La Mare refers to soldiers as “warriors” and Sassoon uses the phrase “happy legion,” these descriptions are far from accurate. Nevertheless, they serve to mollify the atmosphere and conceal the somber truth about the British […]

Through poetry, Wilfred Owen expressed his perspective on war, stating “My subject is War, and the pity of War.” In terms of demonstrating the harsh reality of War, both “Exposure” and “Disabled” highlight distinct perspectives. Owen’s poignant emotions with regards to the brutality of War are reflected in both poems, leading to a similar conclusion. […]

Britain had a small professional army when World War One started in 1914 and urgently needed a larger one. To address this issue, the government enforced conscription in 1916. Prior to its implementation, the government applied immense social pressure on young British men to enlist voluntarily. To encourage enlistment, the government launched a large-scale recruitment […]

Throughout history, changes in public understanding and technology have impacted attitudes towards war. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, Shakespeare’s Othello and Henry V portrayed war differently than poets during World War I. Given the differences in warfare across these periods, it is not surprising that attitudes have evolved over time. The portrayal […]

Wilfred Owen and Jessie Pope were very popular poets during the WW1. In Jesse Popes poem “who’s for the game”, her aim was to recruit men and boys to the war whereas Wilfred Owens poem about how he suffered a gas attack and was injured, he also writes about how the men suffered. In popes […]

For this piece of coursework I will be comparing each of the poems mentioned above to each other and commenting on the way they present war and how it reflects the poet’s views on war.Charge of the Light BrigadeThe story of the poem is about six hundred soldiers who were given the wrong orders by […]

In the poem “The Send-Off”, Wilfred Owen describes war in a graphical and technical way. Owen, having been a soldier himself, expresses his crude view about war but in this poem especially about the soldiers departure to war. Wilfred Owen used to be a romantic poet very similar to John Keats. However he then changed […]

The poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est” deals with the contradictions of the First World War. This passage elucidates the events that occur during the war and delineates the struggles endured by individuals throughout the war. The first poem’s title, “Dulce Et Decorum Est,” initiated by Owen, explains the paradoxical nature of participating in war as […]

Within this essay, we will evaluate and examine the differing interpretations of the war theme presented by the two poets based on their origins. The initial step involves investigating and deliberating on the historical context of both poets. Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” recounts the British soldiers’ experience and their […]

The poems Joining the Colours and The Send-off both discuss, young, guileless boys marching off to war. The Send-off is written by Wilfred Owen, and ex-soldier, which explains why the reader acquires a deeper understanding of war and its sinister quality. Whereas Katherine Tynan writes Joining the Colours, so it analyses the way in which […]