By using the figurative language of alliteration, allusion, and personification in the poem “ New Day’s Lyric”, author Amanda Gorman emphasizes the theme of unity in today’s society. Amanda Gorman uses alliteration of repeating the same sound in lines to show unity. In line 5 of the poem states “Torn, we come to tens.” This illustrates alliteration by repeating the t sound the author puts more emphasis on words showing unity.
The poems Remains, by Simon Armitage and War Photographer, by Carol Anne Duffy both discuss the topic of war. In both poems, you can see how war affects people and how memories of what they have seen haunt them forever. In War Photographer, attempts are made to put order to the chaos created by war, unlike Remains, which shows how chaos is created. The theme of war is present in both poems as something to be remembered. However the memories are unwanted and the reader sees them turn into nightmares.
Both the poem, “The Uninvited” by Dorothy Livesay, and The Wars by Timothy Findley share a common theme of a haunting past. Both works illustrate the fact that past experiences have an evocative effect on one’s character, relationships, and decisions. In both works, the protagonist is met with a past experience that haunts them as they go about their everyday trials and tribulations, and this has a profound effect on their character, decision making, and ability to form relationships. In “The Uninvited” the anonymous narrator appears to be walking through a forested area in the winter with a partner.
Similar is done in “the manhunt” with its structure in rhyming doublets and the pain and war that is presented continuously in the poem through images of gunfires and war in “first phase” and “blown hinge”. This contrast presented in both poems makes the reader feel as if the poem doesn’t really fit in and if the effects of war or war itself is being forced into something that it isn’t that the suffering and pain is so great that it can’t be fit into “ordered rows” or maybe it lets the reader understand that “suffering” isn’t really understood and therefore forced into something it isn’t. The effects of this are then both present with ‘suffering” being held together so tight that it is about to explode. In the Manhunt this is presented through “every nerve in his
Sylvia Plath once said in The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath “and the danger is that in this move toward new horizons and far directions, that I may lose what I have now, and not find anything except loneliness.” The Arrival by Shaun Tan is a story of striving to find a better life for the main character and his family but this involves moving away to a foreign land where our character does not know the language or customs. The start of the story and the song Goodbye by Night Ranger are both the frames for the mood, tone and theme in part I. These aspects show that even though leaving family behind can be difficult for everyone involved, it is sometimes for the best.
image of life and death more effectively. Through extensive use of techniques and dramatised events, the poet explores his view of life and death as throughout different aspects of the timeline of a person, place or event. Additionally, Dawe expresses the importance of the beginning and the end by using different settings and in his topic, but also connecting the poems. As these poems are based on real-life occurrences, Bruce Dawe dramatises his poems to twist his image of the reality to exaggerate the event. “Homecoming” is the time of reunion and joy, the title is used effectively to contrast the traditional meaning of the word with the shocking reality of dead soldiers flown home to grieving families, Bruce Dawe ironically uses the “homecoming”
“Next To Of Course God America”: Rushing into Despair E.E cummings “Next To of Course God America I” is a poem about patriotism and war like anthems which convey how excessive patriotism can be used to rally masses to a cause. The poem starts off as being patriotic and showing a bit of nationalism but later seems to become a bit sarcastic. The speaker loves america but does not like war. Patriotism can make one do things such as dying for their country. This stems into a sense of anger which sets the tone.
Whitman starts off his poem with a peaceful tone to it, using words like “slumbering”, “stillness”, and “infant” to describe the serenity and trance the narrator is in (Source 2). However, there is a shift of mood four lines into the poem; the narrator begins to have flashbacks from the horrific battles. Whitman creates illustrations of the chaos of war, using phrases such as “cashing and smoking”, “suffocating smoke”, and “devilish exultation” to describe the hellish experiences the narrator is haunted by (Source 2). Whitman’s diction and stylistic choices also detail an ironic response to the tragedy of war. In line nineteen, he uses a parenthetical statement “(some special success)” to mock the applause from the soldiers for slaughtering their enemies.
It gives off the a tone to the reader that there is war or that there once was war. Levine’s word usage is what gives the poem its unfortunate tone right from the start. Rather than choosing softer language, he starts his poem with words a phrases like “acids of rage” (Levine 3) and
War poetry. War poetry for many soldiers is the only release of the extreme emotions felt at the traumatic experiences they endured. It has not only helped many communicate their thoughts and expressions, but for us as a society it has helped us gain an understanding to the true horrors of war. One such poet is David Campbell. Campbell served in the RAAF as a boat pilot in World War 2, and helped transport the soldiers from destination to destination; seeing the new recruits and the war-stricken recruits.
Half of the poem takes place on the battlefield, and the other part takes place at home-away from the battlefield. The homes of the maiden, the babe, and the mother are broken places. Home is a symbol of love and families. Lines 1-3 in the poem say “Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind, Because your lover through wild hands to the sky, And affrighted steed ran along”. This quote represents home because the maidens lover is killed in battle.
What do the collection of World War I poems (from the Companion and on Blackboard) tell us about the experience of war? The collection of World War I poems tells us a lot about the experience of war. For example, the poems tell us that the soldiers at war faced a lot of violent events. In addition, the soldiers were not in a healthy state of mind mentally or physically.
Throughout the poem “New Orleans,” Joy Harjo utilizes repetition in order to emphasize her message. One example of repetition paired with a metaphor as well outlines her reasoning for visiting the city, “My spirit comes here to drink. / My spirit comes here to drink” (Harjo 98). Harjo is comparing one’s ancestry or past with a nourishing drink.
In the third stanza the reader can infer that the brigade has little to no chance of surviving and in the last stanza the author leaves the reader with the defeat of the 600. The author uses an immense amount of repetition in this poem giving the effect of a march or song to give the reader a feeling of being in the battle. The rhyme scheme of this poem also contributes to the sound of a military
In one instance, it is used to convey that the mourners believe they should try to prevent such a tragedy from occurring again because of the impact the deaths had on them. For example, in the fourth, stanza it states, “for there we strike by day and by night, / there we kick by day and by night, / there we spit by day and by night / until the doors of hatred fall” the repetition allows the reader to realize that the narrator is frustrated by the war that has caused the militiamen to die. The repetition of “there we…by day and by night” indicates that the mourners are greatly impacted by the militiamen’s deaths because they are willing to take action “by day and by night” to make sure this does not happen again. In addition, repetition is also used to relay how strongly the mourners feel about the loss of the soldiers. They feel “more than anger, more than scorn, more / than weeping,” and the “mothers [are] pierced by anguish and death”.
