Rather than Sheers describing these soldiers remains in a harsh way, he uses ‘china plate’ to show how fragile and delict they were when the ‘farmers found them. A plosive alliteration of ‘blown and broken birds egg of a skull,’ also shows the brutality a violence of mankind. The harsh sounds of ‘b’ relates to the harsh reality, violence and brutality that these soldiers went through. The 38th Welsh Division soldiers were literally blown up by the German troupe. Not only that, this plosive alliteration has undertones of Sheers’ anger towards the death of these soldiers. It is more to the fact that they were young and they walked into this battle with no knowledge that the Germans were preparing to kill. Here, Sheers exposes the harsh reality of mankind and war are capable of. It is a senselessness act that is pointless and it dehumanises many people. By using plosive alliteration, metaphors and other language features, Sheers can convey the violence of mankind, impact of war and the preciousness of life through his mournful poem Mametz
Rather than Sheers describing these soldiers remains in a harsh way, he uses ‘china plate’ to show how fragile and delict they were when the ‘farmers found them. A plosive alliteration of ‘blown and broken birds egg of a skull,’ also shows the brutality a violence of mankind. The harsh sounds of ‘b’ relates to the harsh reality, violence and brutality that these soldiers went through. The 38th Welsh Division soldiers were literally blown up by the German troupe. Not only that, this plosive alliteration has undertones of Sheers’ anger towards the death of these soldiers. It is more to the fact that they were young and they walked into this battle with no knowledge that the Germans were preparing to kill. Here, Sheers exposes the harsh reality of mankind and war are capable of. It is a senselessness act that is pointless and it dehumanises many people. By using plosive alliteration, metaphors and other language features, Sheers can convey the violence of mankind, impact of war and the preciousness of life through his mournful poem Mametz