Poem Essay Examples Page 36

1st poetic technique in “Dulce Et Decorum Est”: In the poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est”, Wilfred Owen uses assonance of verb -ing to show that he got a shell-shock of his friend’s death. The line that suggests this point is: “He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.” This line shows the consequence, which will haunt the author forever….

If you don’t speak up for others when you know someone is doing an injustice to them there will soon be no one left to speak up and be left with dire consequences. If you don’t help the minority evil could become the minority We have decided to develop the poem by doing a still…

John Milton (1608-1674) is a religious person and a god fearing man. He is also a great writer who wrote in a grand style. As a god fearing man, Milton writes his Paradise Lost, on the basis of religion, Bible and as a great writer he advances his writing in a classical manner. The theme…

‘No Idea’ is an American poem written in 2007 by an anonymous author. It tells of a girl named Roberta and how she has sadly taken her own life. It provides little if any background information of why she has resorted to this extremity. It is only seven lines long and separated into two stanzas…

The First World War began in 1914 and ended in 1918. Throughout the two years many men volunteered thinking that it was an opportunity to fight for their country. But they were badly mistaken. Instead of what they thought war was going to bring them, excitement and adventure, they received horrors beyond imagination. ‘Spring Offensive’…

This essay will compare two poems, which both have some similar aspects however there are also many differences. The two poems, which will be compared, are “The Whistle” by Yusef Komunyakaa and “Game After Supper” by Margaret Atwood. Yusef Komunyakaa was born on the 29th April 1947 in Bogalusa, Louisiana. He has won a number…

The poem “Aftermath” written by Siegfried Sassoon is a highly critical piece that discusses the emotional and materialistic costs of World War I. The reason for its criticality is that it was in effect a ‘plea’ to the world that we must never forget the traumatic events that occurred not only in World War I,…

Compare and contrast the injustice shown I the poems “Nothings Changed” and “Not My business” look at content, language, structure and themes. A theme of injustice in nothings changed was apartheid. A definition of apartheid is; “Apartheid is a system of racial segregation that was enforced in South Africa from 1948 to 1994” (wikipeidia). When…

Compare the ways old age is treated in the poems ‘Old man, old man’ and ‘Warning’. ‘Warning’ is poem by the poet Jenny Joseph. This poem deals with adulthood and old age. The poem defies society’s view of old age; this is prefigured in the title of the poem. Similarly, ‘Old man, old man’ is…

Choose two or more poems, which deal with childhood experiences. Show how they are successful in expressing their chosen theme. Comment particularly on writers’ techniques, as well as the social context of the poems. I have chosen to compare the poems ‘Hide and Seek’ by Vernon Scannell and ‘Leaving School’ by Hugo Williams. Both ‘Hide…