Worst of all, men were lost. If they had been fighting defensively, then more men may have survived to go home to their loved
The poem uses vivid and graphic imagery to depict the gruesome conditions that soldiers face on the battlefield. The first stanza describes soldiers returning to their trenches after being on
The soldiers had been trained for an ideal war, and the one they were thrown into was far different. The once true ideals of the men were destroyed in the war, and eventually they like most men were killed. Men were like a number on the battlefield. People fought
Noel F. Busch states, “10% of soldiers had died.” (Busch, 1974). According to researchers, a tenth of the people, about 2,000 people, had died from December to June. Although there was a 90% chance of survival, there is still a slight chance of death. If the soldiers do not want to be a part of this, they should leave.
This metaphor displays his uncertainty as per his crucial part in that moment in time. The soldier pictures himself as the hand on a clock, subject to the inevitable force of a clockwork motor that cannot be slowed or quickend. He realises that he does not really know why he is running and feels “statuary in mid-stride”. However, towards the end of the poem, all moral justifications for the existence of war have become meaningless- “King, honour, human dignity, etcetera Dropped like luxuries in a yelling alarm”, which is extremely dismissive of all the motives people provide for joining the army, explicitly stating that those motives do not justify and do not withstand the war. Disorientation is also highlighted in the line “Stumbling across a field of clods towards a green hedge That dazzled with rifle fire” where the confusion between the natural world and man-made world is expressed.
“It is a great brotherhood” these soldiers have from everything thick and thin, experiencing the men “condemned to death” to the “desperate loyalty” of men as well (Remarque 272). Throughout the novel the awareness of camaraderie comes at you because it is just so strong. The displayance of camaraderie is shown also in the poem “The Dug-Out”, sharing the hurt the men feel when one is suffering. When a bond is so strong, it will ache the other side of the bond when there is pain. The men would feel “ hurt [in their] heart to watch them]” go through the deep horrors of war
If read from top right to bottom right, the phrase is shown: "As we embrace the future we work to understand the grief we shift into light across our faces" (1-9). In contrast, if we read from the top left to the bottom left, we read the phrase: "As we resist the past we fail to question the grief we bury as ash across our faces” (1-9). The visual shape of the words reinforces this sense of diverging trajectories, with the lines splaying out in opposite directions. There are a plethora of parallels in this piece that give the audience an understanding of the different paths a grieving person may journey through. Long Soldier leaves deliberate spaces to represent the silences and emotional gaps that can accompany loss.
In the first stanza we can see that the figure is “Groping along the tunnel, step by step” and in the third stanza we get the line “alone he staggered on…” These phrases point out the physical and physiological detachment, well known effects of intendance combat. Lastly I will be analyzing the novel All Quiet on the Western Front to look for a dehumanizing theme in the novel. Throughout the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, the young soldiers are affected by the war. Throughout the young soldiers time on the front, they are dehumanized and the also develop an animal instinct while they are completely abandoning their emotions and
Hi Andrea, When I first read the poem I assumed it was talking about war because of the line “nightmare fighters.” I learned about war being harsh on soldiers and especially fallen ones but I never thought this would happen. I did not think that the soldiers did not care but they just need a way to get the body out fast for another solider to takeover the machine.
What kind of future was waiting for them? This would break the soldiers and they became cold and experience deep depression. Some common emotional symptoms of PTSD are those soldiers get depressed and worry too much. Soldiers don’t like the things they liked before and they always feel
To have this impressed onto one's mind certainly would make them go a little mad. No matter what would happen to them, this image would haunt them forever. Seeing all of these people die would also make them think more about themselves and making sure this didn’t happen to them. On page 5 Kiowa says, “Come on, man, talk,” and later says, “Talk.” This is another demonstration of the impressions on a soldier’s mind.
I find this to be the most powerful image throughout the poem and the message being conveyed is one that helps to create an image for the reader of the harsh realities of the war and how precious life is. Slessor also references to the meaning of a name in his poem. His meaning however differs from Wrights as it portrays that who you are and what your name is, is not relevant once we reach the end of the cycle of life. With regards to the war, it helps to state that “whether as enemies they fought, or fought with us, or neither; the sand joins them together”. The message I draw from this is that no matter which country one is fighting for, we are all united by the common enemy of death and that we are nameless in our sacrifices.
In the poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the soldiers illustrate the idea of true heroism, bravery, and self-sacrifice that was common during the 1850s in the Crimean War. Lord Tennyson wrote the poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” about the Battle of Balaclava that took place in 1854 during the Crimean War. This Battle is remembered as a blunder which cost the lives of many soldiers. Throughout the poem the idea of warfare is glorified, and the soldiers are illustrated as true war heroes.
In the first stanza of this poem it says "Half a league, half a league, half a league onward" (1-2), which helps you to understand that the Brigade is moving forward, and the third line telling us where, which is "In the valley of death" (3). The third stanza has the Brigade still moving forward. It mentions they are trapped in the jaws of death and that the jaws of death are also the mouth of hell. It says, "Cannon to left of them, cannon in front of them" (18-20) meaning they are being shot at from two sides and the front, which helps you to understand how it says that they are riding into the jaws of the
While the poem glorifies and honours the members of the Light Brigade and considers them heroes for dying for their nation, it also subtly suggests the bad decision making of the British Government, for taking part in a clear condemned battle against the Russian Empire, where hundreds of lives were lost. The failure of the battle appears throughout the text with the repetition of the term “Death” and by the use of different literary devices which remind the soldiers' impossible situation to act according to their moral, as they had to obey the Government’s decisions. From my point of view, Tennyson describes the magnitude of the consequences resulting from the bad management of the British Government by using the figures of the six hundred men, who despite being obedient and brave, lost their lives protecting their nation like heroes. Like Wilfred Owen says in his poem “Dulce et Decorum est/ Pro patria mori”, it is a great and wonderful honour to fight and die in a battle to if you are defending your country.
