POEMS - REALITY OF WAR
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- Created on: 12-03-18 13:38
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- REALITY OF WAR
- EXPOSURE
- STRUCTURE
- assonance gives an unsettling effect
- "brains ache" highlights the pain they are going through
- first person and use of "our" pronouns makes it more personal
- readers can really relate to what is happening
- caesuras and ellipses exaggerate the slow pace and expectancy of something to happen
- shows us the true reality of war; just waiting for something to happen
- makes readers reflect on the soldiers misery; can really relate
- assonance gives an unsettling effect
- LANGUAGE AND IMAGERY
- title has two meanings
- exposing the true reality of war; nothing is what it seems
- exposure to the horrible weather
- use of pathetic fallacy to set the mood; and possible semantic field of misery to show weather is against them
- sibilance mimics sound of silence and the wind; nothing is happening they are just waiting
- mention of home contrasts with the fear and bleakness of trench warfare
- "back on forgotten dreams" had to give up and sacrifice everything; losing motivation
- 23-25; nature is the real enemy; personification "stealth" a silent assassin
- rhetorical questions "is it that we are dying?" hypnotic effect of snow and wondering if images are real
- title has two meanings
- STRUCTURE
- CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
- STRUCTURE
- anaphora emphasises speedy advance "half a league"
- very regular rhyme scheme; mostly dactylic makes it sound like galloping horses
- climax of poem; uses lots of exclamation marks and short sentences to quicken pace and make us remember and honour them
- LANGUAGE AND IMAGERY
- repetition of lines "cannons..." shows what they were up against and how unprepared they were
- metaphor "into the valley of death" "jaws of death" "mouth of hell" depicts horrors of the battle
- personification exaggerates that it is only going to get worse
- valley of death could possibly be a biblical reference; christianity was popular when poem was written
- king David declares he will not be afraid even in the "valley of death", because of his faith in god; symbolises bravery of the soldiers
- all Victorian readers would have been familiar with the reference and understand how the soldiers feel
- king David declares he will not be afraid even in the "valley of death", because of his faith in god; symbolises bravery of the soldiers
- "some one had blunder'd" does not do justice to the impact of the mistake
- "blunder'd" ironic; an understatement which cost so many lives
- roboticness of the soldiers; had to follow orders no matter what
- STRUCTURE
- BAYONET CHARGE
- LANGUAGE AND IMAGERY
- "suddenly" burst into action;soldier is disoriented, giving feeling of danger and action
- dashes used to abruptly break pace and disorient
- "raw" soldiers are inexperienced; just thrown in; vulnerable, not prepared
- raw is war backwards; we are seeing war as it is, exposed to the raw reality of it all
- "king, honour, human dignity, etcetera" trivialises patriotic ideals; becoming unmotivated
- "green hedge" juxtaposition of calm nature vs violence of war
- "green hedge" could also be lines of charging soldiers
- "yellow hare" shows uncontrollable nature of war; simile "like a flame" suggests danger and destructive nature of war
- circular motions give the impression that the hare is trapped. Both the hare and the soldier are caught up in a deadly situation – in someone else’s battle.
- "suddenly" burst into action;soldier is disoriented, giving feeling of danger and action
- STRUCTURE
- enjambement, also across stanzas; quickens pace, mimics soldier running
- dashes - represent his disjointed thoughts
- breaks up the flow of the poem and shows how the soldier is waking up to what is happening and slowly starting to think.
- uses an irregular rhythm; mimics his broken thoughts
- line lengths vary; pace changes and could symbolise his quick and slow progress across the field
- LANGUAGE AND IMAGERY
- EXPOSURE
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