comparison of poems the conflict cluster
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- Created on: 14-05-13 20:38
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- Conflict: comparison
- The Charge of the Light Bridgade
- earth /water imagery , nature
- contrast horror of war with everyday comedy that makes up human
- language becomes meaningless or impossible (shattered) in the face of violence
- powerful female voices
- the poet's relationships with the subject matter is diferent - personal , perspective
- deep difficult emotion of being at such a distance from the events that bring them grief
- explore the ways ideas can be expressed in symbols
- mourning in f , dying in b
- heat of the action
- range of language techniques to express feelings
- Belfast Confetti
- theme and use of imagery
- image built around tre,, nature
- contreasts in form structure and tone
- the symbols have very similar meanings or impersonal nationalism yet poppies poet is evoked by the symbol
- death on a large scale
- Mametz Wood
- relationship between social history and personal tradgedy
- preservation of the dead
- public memorials
- The Charge of the Light Bridgade
- disasters that become widespread media events
- innocent victimes
- Out of the blue
- death on a large scale
- Mametz Wood
- death on a large scale
- the way the victims are displayed
- death of ordinary soldiers in WW1
- hawk roosting
- links a specific place to larger events in human history
- The yellow Palm
- symbolism of trees
- The yellow Palm
- connecting with stories one poet is watching farmers (detatched) the other is present at the scene
- how divisions are created in the mind
- At the Border, 1979
- the power of a national symbol in poppies
- Poppies
- looking for consolation in the face of death using beautiful imagery
- the power of symbolism
- Poppies
- the power of a national symbol in poppies
- At the Border, 1979
- child involvement used to make it seem stupid
- The Right Word
- soldiers and civillians become part of everyday life
- The Right Word
- language in conflict, difficulty in expressing themselves
- Belfast Confetti
- poets struggle to describe conflict
- their tools (words) seem to fail them
- doubt
- both seem nonsensical at first
- words are a tool for ordering thought
- some events are so shocking language can't give them meaning
- eloquent strangeness usedto demonstrate this
- next of course to god America i
- language keeps warring parties apart
- next of course to god America i
- linking violence of war to idyllic homelife
- Futility
- futility is moment of peace not het of action
- Bayonet Charge
- futility is moment of peace not het of action
- Futility
- rich natural imagery to contrast with death
- Poppies
- looking for consolation in the face of death using beautiful imagery
- the power of symbolism
- Poppies
- similar in tone
- similar subject matter
- drifferent tone
- glory will never fade
- hymn and marching song
- about a charge
- Bayonet Charge
- zoomed out, soomed in
- rich impression of whole action
- widescreen perspective
- emotional response of an individual
- emotional response of an individual
- the actual experience of conflict
- political speech
- next of course to god America i
- language keeps warring parties apart
- hawk roosting
- next of course to god America i
- examines why politicians use language
- different meanings
- polician isdeceitful hawk is open
- nature imagery
- negative
- leaves are falling
- hawk is about political exploitation not beauty and speed
- the falling leaves
- nature offers a timelessunchanging backdropfor the recurring tradgediese of mankind
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