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Poetry is often used to convey a strong message about humanity. With close reference to the language of two modern war poems, compare and contrast the anti-war messages each poet is trying to portray by describing pictures of conflict across the world and decide which of the two has the most impact on the reader. […]
In the following essay I will be comparing two poems on war. Of the poems I have studied, I have chosen, “The Charge of the Light Brigade” written by Alfred Lord Tennyson in the 1800’s, and “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen, written after the first World War in 1914. Both poems deal with […]
The purpose of this essay is to compare and discuss three poems from the Great War. Each poem is written by a different author: ‘In Memoriam’ by F. A. Mackintosh, ‘Death Bed’ by Siegfried Sassoon, and ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ by Wilfred Owen. Initially, I’ll examine F. A. Mackintosh’s poem ‘In Memoriam’. The title suggests […]
War has given writers much material to use in books, short stories, descriptive essays, poems etc. Sometimes these merely narrate incidents and bring them up to story form. For instance Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy’s masterpiece, War and Peace, tells the story of five families during the Napoleonic Wars, “The Great Escape” by Paul Brickhill which […]
The poems ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ by Wilfred Owen and ‘Reservist’ by Boey Kim Cheng both explore the theme of war and destruction. Through the use of techniques such as structure, imagery, irony, and literary devices, the poets convey their views on dehumanisation and the devastating effects of war. In ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth,’ Owen […]
In the poem, Thomas makes quite a few references and allusions to war. He uses the nature and weather described in the poems as metaphors for various aspects of the war. The blizzard that is mentioned in the poem could be interpreted as a metaphor for either death or war. “In France they killed him; […]
Lord de Tabley, a poet, published a collection of poems called Rehearsals in 1870. One of the poems in this collection is ‘The Knight in the Wood’, in which the poet expresses his emotions towards art and specifically towards one sculpture. The poet devotes the initial section of the poem to drawing a comparison between […]
The poem “Standing Female Nude” by Carol Ann Duffy is written from the point of view of a nude model. The poem describes a day in the life of the dissatisfied model, which clearly shows that she finds her profession uninteresting. The tone at times is sombre although it is evident that towards the end […]
The two poems ‘Brendon Gallacher’ and ‘hide and seek’ both express the ups and downs of being a child. They are very different styles of writing but the same principle story line is there. In the poem ‘hide and seek’, it tells the story of the excitement of this game and a child’s attitude from […]
Many poems have been written on the basic theme of parent-child separation. I have chosen to write about two poems. The first of these is “The Slave Mother” written by Frances E. W. Harper, written in the mid 1800’s. It explores the idea of a black slave mother having her son stolen from her. The […]
On my native village is a poem written in 1830’s/40’s by James Taylor. It is about the changes that Royton went through during industrialisation. In verses one and two the poet describes his feelings on his hometown and how he felt the textile industry impacted the environment and nature within Royton during that time. He […]
‘Half Past Two’ and ‘Hide and Seek’ are poems that attempt to capture a child’s experience of the world. Consider what that experience like, and how it is presented, paying particular attention to the techniques used to create and communicate the point of view of the child. Both poems, U. A. Fanthorpe’s ‘Half Past Two’ […]
In this essay I will compare two poems from different cultures: “Night of the Scorpion” by Nissim Ezekiel and “Nothing’s Changed” by Tatamkhulu Africa. Both poems convey a sense of poverty, but while in “Night of the Scorpion” the neighbors unite and support each other, in “Nothing’s Changed” the community remains divided due to racism. […]
The poem “Lament” written by Gillian Clarke, and “The Flower-Fed Buffaloes” by Vachel Lindsay are two very similar poems which both illustrate the problems that affect nature. The poem “Lament” portrays ideas to do with ecological disasters and that of conflict and war. On the other hand, “The Flower-Fed Buffaloes” illustrates how modernisation leads to […]
a) Compare how the poets make the reader feel sympathy for the speaker in ‘On my first Sonne’ by Ben Jonson and the speaker in one poem by Carol Ann Duffy. The poems ‘On my first Sonne’ by Ben Jonson and ‘Stealing’ by Carol Ann Duffy both make the reader feel sympathy for the speaker. […]
Carol Ann Duffy has written many poems and many of them are linked but in different ways, to substantiate this I am going to refer to three of her poems and compare them with one another. The poems that I have chosen are ‘War Photographer’, ‘Valentine’ and ‘Before You Were Mine’. My first impression of […]
I think the major similarity between the two poems is that both Ozymandias and the ‘Hero’ both led very similar lifestyles. They both rose to the very top of their profession which was followed by a dramatic downfall. Ozymandias’, once great, kingdom is now left to a broken statue, suggesting Ozymandias is a broken man. […]
The section “Back Home Contemplation” represents an important section n of the entire novel. It pulls together the idea of the black woman from Africa to the Caribbean. It embodies all the experiences, emotions and feelings by showing her memories of the childhood she experienced and sharing them with the reader. “Back Home Contemplation” discusses […]
Grace Nichols employs a unique and distinct poetic voice that sets her apart from other poets like Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney. Unlike these poets, Nichols does not adhere to a formal poem structure. Rather, her poem is written in free verse, adopting a conversational style. Notably, the fifth and sixth stanzas commence with ‘and’ […]
Grace Nichols’ poetry revolves around her culture and the foundations from before she moved to England. She was born in Guyana, then moved to a place where her lifestyle was dramatically changed. Here she could not share her culture. This may have caused a stronger standpoint on her feelings as she has had a chance […]
Grace Nichols is a poet who has written poems about immigration. These three poems that will be compared in these essays are all written by her and about the experience of immigration. However not all of them are necessarily from her point of view. ‘Island Man’ has been from a man’s point of view. In […]
The two poets Grace Nichols and Sujata Bhatt have experienced cultural alienation. The three poems ‘Island Man, Hurricane Hits England’ and ‘Search For My Tongue’ all explain how the poets immigrated and felt about the new surroundings which were distant from her homeland and culture. The poets all had a secondary theme, for example in […]
