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THE POETS' WAR AND WILFRED OWEN PAG 333 - Coggle Diagram
THE POETS' WAR
AND
WILFRED OWEN
PAG 333
BRITISH CONSIDERED THE FIRST WORLD WAR WITH ENTHUSIASM.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A MEAN TO GET GLORY.
THERE WERE LOTS OF POSTERS THAT INVITED MEN TO LEAVE AND TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRIES.
A LOT OF ENGLISH MEN VOLUNTEERED, LEAVING THEIR FAMILIES, WITHOUT BEING SOLDIERS AT ALL.
IT WAS A WAR OF TRENCHES AND MEN WROTE LETTERS AND EVEN POEMS.
A GROUP OF POETS, CALLED
WAR POETS'
, EXPERIENCED MUD, DEATH, DEPRESSION.
ONE OF THEM
WILFRED OWEN
WROTE TO DENOUNCE THE HORROR OF WAR, TO COMMUNICATE THAT WAR WAS THE
WORST OF THE NIGHTMARES
AND, TO DO THAT , HE USES A
BITTER IRONY
THE TITLE,
"DULCE ET DECORUM EST"
IS BORROWED BY THE LATIN POET, ORAZIO. HERE WE FIND A NEW WAY OF WRITING.
IT IS SWEET AND GLORIOUS
(FRASE INCOMPLETA)
TO DIE FOR ONE'S COUNTRY
(THE END OF THE SENTENCE IS AT THE END OF THE POEM)
THE POEM IS DIVIDED IN FOUR STANZAS OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS, AND IT IS DIVIDED IN TWO PARTS.
THE FIRST, MADE UP OF THE FIRST TWO STANZAS, WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF WAR.
THE SECOND PART IS MADE UP OF THE LAST STANZA THAT CONTAINS THE MESSAGE OF THE POEM.
THE THIRD STANZA, MADE UP OF JUST TWO LINES, HAS THE FUNCTION OF A
LINK
.
IN THE
FIRST STANZA
, SOLDIERS WERE EXAUSTED. THE MOVEMENT DESCRIBED IS SLOW BECAUSE SOLDIERS WERE DRUNK WITH FATIGUE (BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY TIRED)
IN THE
SECOND STANZA
MOVEMENT CHANGES BECAUSE IT IS THE DESCRIPTION OF A GAS ATTACK. MOVEMENT ARE FRANTIC, QUICK. (DURING THE ATTACK A FRIEND OF THE POET DIES.
EVEN THIS STANZA IS FULL OF DEVICES, SUCH AS: ASSONANCE, ALLITTERATION, METAPHORS.
THE
THIRD STANZA
IS MADE UP OF TWO LINES. HERE WE HAVE THE
PASSAGE FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT SIMPLE
IN THE
LAST STANZA
THE POET ADDRESES TO THE READER AND COMMUNICATES HIS MESSAGE, THAT WAR ISN'T SWEET AND GLORIOUS AT ALL, BUT IT'S JUST A LIE BECAUSE WAR IS DEGRADATION AND VIOLENCE AND IT IS THE WORST OF THE NIGHTMARES.
SO, THIS POEM HAS BECOME A
MANIFESTO AGAINST WAR
.