Literature Analysis

War, in any shape or form, affects people in many different ways. Many people choose to express their feelings and experiences of war in poems. The three poems I have chosen all have different moods, structures, and rhythms but their meanings are all the same – war is ruthless terrifying, and pointless. The poem ‘On […]

Both Catch 22 and Oh! What a Lovely War are humorous commentaries that examine the illogical and calamitous nature of war. Both Oh! What a Lovely War and Catch 22 are satires that expose flaws in wartime situations and criticize authoritative figures. However, the play has more visual and aural scope to portray characters, while […]

‘Base Details’ is entirely speculative. The word ‘base’ in the title has two distinct meanings. It could be used as a noun, to mean ‘place’, as in a center of operation; or you could interpret the word as an adjective meaning ‘morally low or unacceptable’. Sassoon has used a play on words in the title […]

A hero is defined as someone who acts out for others. The dictionary describes a hero as a person noted or admired for courage or outstanding achievements. A hero is typically seen as a non fictional character who protects the vulnerable with super natural powers and courage and can do no wrong . There are […]

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 […]

The poem ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ was composed by Wilfred Owen and published during the war, shortly before he lost his life in battle. The poem itself possesses bitterness and irony, conveying the message that war lacks glamour, and believing that it is a cause for celebration is to disregard the fallen soldiers. The title […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Poems “Who’s for the Game” written by Jessie Pope and “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen were written during World War 1, both of these poems have different views on the War. Jessie Pope was born in 1870 and died in 1941 she was best known for her World War 1 poems but […]

Despite both ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ and ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ depicting the downfall of soldiers in battle, they each convey this event uniquely. ‘Dulce et Decorum Est,’ is deeply based on the experiences from World War I as narrated by Wilfred Owen, who shares his personal struggles and incidents during the conflict. […]

Circus Lady Circus lady is a play by Jason Miller. The play takes place in an apartment in a Puerco Rican ghetto in Bronx, New York. The apartment faces the streets. The apartment is really messy, and everywhere lays clothes, newspapers, magazines, and empty TV- dinners. The furniture is dirty, and covered in dust, and […]

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 […]

Throughout the play, Joan Littlewood aimed to create a relaxed atmosphere for the audience. With singalong songs and the presence of clowns or pierrots, the goal was to entertain and elicit a positive response. An M.C opened the show, telling jokes and engaging with the audience in order to make them feel comfortable and relaxed. […]

Boccaccio’s The Decameron is today acknowledged as a masterpiece of medieval literature, and its influence can be seen in the work of other great writers such as Chaucer and Shakespeare. Yet, the intellectual elite of his time rejected his masterpiece when it was first published, overlooking his wit and ingenuity and choosing instead to decry […]

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 Tyger wrote in 1974. is one of both simpleness and enigma. Within this verse form written by old English William Blake. there are 13 full inquiries within this short 24 line work. Though many literary analysts have attempted to hammer a significance from this work. non one subject has a more right stance than […]

‘The Catcher In the Rye’, written by J. D. Salinger is a bildungsroman in which Holden Caulfield, a misanthropic sixteen-year-old, narrates a story concerning three, eventful days of his life. Among the several themes successfully portrayed throughout the novel, the theme of isolation is most prominent, as Holden constantly feels detached from the society in […]

The text under analysis is an essay ‘Friends. Good friends – and such good friends’, written by Judith Viort. It belongs to the publicistic functional manner. As professor Galperin defines it. “an essay is a literary composing of moderate length on philosophical, societal, aesthetic or literary topics. It ne’er does deep into the topic but […]

Kidnap Poem Kidnap Poem was written by Nikkei Giovanni. Kidnap Poem is a great poem, because she is imagining that if she was a poet all the things that she would do. The Poem Expression that I pick “spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling”- William Wordsmith. I feel that this expression and the poem that I […]

In Chapter 19 of the book, Chatwin explores the twins’ experiences during the First World War and examines how different attitudes towards the war are portrayed. The author pays particular attention to the role of social class and its impact on the characters, as well as the use of various speech forms throughout the chapters. […]

Diverse Cultures are the study of other cultures and opinions of major issues from different origins and ethnic backgrounds. I will examine different points of view of various poets from diverse cultures and how they express cultural ideas in their poems. I have chosen to study three poems, which I researched, with different ideas and […]

Racial bias against the foreigners existed during the Elizabethan Age and Shakespeare attempted to make a parallel universe in his calamity Othello. The Moor of Venice where he captures a broad array of reactions towards a Black Muslim by the white bulk Christians in Venice. The racial favoritism has been latent in their heads for […]