For example, the metaphor “Burning Sun” conjures up an image of bravery which evokes pride in the reader. Contrast such as “where so many bled for little gain “emphasizes the futility of war as so many men died for so little. The metonymy “bloody Omaha” relates the Battle of Gallipoli with a more well-known battle, the D-Day landings where thousands of young soldiers died in similar circumstances. The poem implies that unlike the D-Day landings, it was not successful. This loss further emphasizes the futility of war as these men died for nothing.…
The speaker mentions that he half expects to find his own name “in letters like smoke” (16) among the list of dead men. The speaker runs his fingers along the names and as he stops at a particular one powerful images, almost premonitions of the past, come to his mind. He sees “a woman’s blouse” (19) within the black granite, “a booby trap’s white flash” (18), “a red bird’s wings” (22-23), and “the sky” (24). Through the speaker’s use of this wonderful imagery the colors and images penetrate our minds as they do his. These images are snap shots of the bloody war and of the man’s life.…
Although majority of Harrison’s narration of trench warfare is described in chronological order, the description is given a sense of depth when the writing deviates from the sequence. For example, the writer describes a flashback to an event when he talks to veterans and reads newspaper reports. This gives depth because it gives insight to the characters current motivation and emotional state. Sense imagery paints a vivid portrait of a scene to develop the narrative with the use of words and in this case is used very effectively throughout the passage.…
He uses descriptive words such as “galloping, rattling, limbered, and trotting” to describe the movement of the soldiers” (William). Rather than the author saying they walked or ran, these descriptive words give the reader a better image of the movement of the soldiers as they moved along. It also helps the reader get a better sense of the liveliness of the battle. He also uses descriptive words such as stony and hollow to give us a three dimensional image of what he was seeing. This allows the reader to see a depth in our image that we create.…
Overall, this poem is trying to show the way that children and young men were used to fight, and were marched to there death for the enjoyment and views that were held by old men in the…
Different people use different forms of protest, especially when it comes to major events, for an instance, war. Some may use pictures while others may use memes and/or quotes to protest. Writers often use writings and the usage of imagery, irony, and/or structure in their documents serve as the strongest elements in their way to protest. Writers use imagery such as the soldiers’ fighting condition and the aftermath of the war to describe how rough war is to protest.…
“War is hell” (O’Brien 1154). That simple line enlightens so much about what war is and how it is portrayed throughout this short story. The author contradicts himself as he tells the story, to make the point that every contradiction has a story in its own. Three of the most memorable quotes are, “…war is grotesque. But in truth war is also beauty” (1155).…
There are sudden mood changes that occur throughout the poem. The most effective is from the first stanza to the second stanza. In the first stanza the soldiers are slowly walking along, tired, and hurt. In the second stanza, a sudden gas attack occurs and action begins to take place. Owen uses figurative language to produce harsh images relating to the brutalities of war.…
Classic Book Essay The book Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, was first published in two parts in 1868 and 1869. It’s about four sisters that are trying to figure life out and stumble along the way. Little Women should be considered a classic. It has universal themes, high quality writing and gives a view into life in the 1800s.…
A soldier is barraged with emotions during a war, that he must avoid in order to survive. War has forced a soldier to become detached, as he must always stay neutral in order to get through the battle. As the soldier observes innocent creatures being destroyed and watches death occur, he must not let this affect him as he has to block it out. In All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque uses horses and butterflies to represent how war forces soldiers to conceal their emotions, which protects him from the brutal experiences of war.…
The poem "Annabel Lee", by Edgar Allan Poe, shows the speaker's way of coping with the death of his beloved, which is displayed as obsession towards her and his judgment of the holy as guilty. The speaker justifies his obsessed love to Annabel Lee as stronger than any extraordinary force, and presents the holy as disgraced and malice for trying to separate them. First, the repetition of words, phrases and sounds emphasizes the speaker's obsession towards Annabel Lee. Her name is mentioned seven times, and the first time she is mentioned her whole name is capitalized as if she is the only one existing.…
Reflection The class discussion and group presentations regarding The Things They Carried introduced new ideas and points of view. Various themes and rhetorical devices were found throughout each vignette, and connected to the novel’s larger theme. Some universal themes most groups touched upon were that the soldiers had to deal with emotional burdens during the war, the importance of writing as a coping mechanism, and that war takes away the soldier’s past identities. One thing I noticed is that symbolism was a topic that many groups chose to speak about.…
Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 takes place in a world where books have been banned and are burned by firemen if they are found. The story begins by describing the pleasure the protagonist, fireman Guy Montag, experiences when he burns books. He spews the volumes with kerosene and they are engulfed in flames of black, red, and yellow as “the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and lawn of the house” (Bradbury 3). The description in the opening connects to the story’s overall theme of the death and rebirth of ideas.…
The dissimilarity of these two descriptions creates juxtaposition, a disfigured body compared to petite flowers, revealing a sense of innocence and life so close to death and gore. When placed next to one another, words such as “wrenched” and “sparkled” create a complex and contrasting tone. O’Brien’s diction creates a disconnected tone shown in the way dissimilar words are used with fluidity, as if these words were similar rather than drastically different. Put together, these words mix war and innocence, life and death, thereby creating an emphasized sense of mortality in a death wrought setting. O’Brien recognizes how fleeting life is in war, especially in places where death may act unassuming.…
When Britain declared war on the Axis powers in 1914, many young English men saw this as an opportunity for bravery, glory, and chivalry. As the war escalated many people started to change their view as they saw the brutalities of the fighting. This war had a big influence on poetry in future decades. The main difference between the attitude towards the war sparked from the poet's tone. The tone varies from seeing the war as glorious, to it being a dreadful experience.…