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1.Note down the difference of all the war poets?
Wilfred Owen : Horror of trench, gas warfare, loss of faith, fear of death.
Rupert Brook: Patriotism, Unbroken Glory.
Wilfrid Wilson: Guilt, Madness, death, Injury, Sense of identity.
Siegfried Sassoon: death, Horror, sympathy for soldiers, Religious Authority.
Ivor Gurney: Grueling Monotony of day-to-day military life, Religious authority
Name of Poet
Differences
Wilfred Owen
(1893-1918)
the pity of War, fear, the horror of and trauma of War, brutal reality, the enduring myth that War is Glorious.
Ivory Gurney
(1890-1937)
death would be preferable to carrying on in the war, using monologue narrative style, using some colloquial language
Siegfried Sassoon
(1886-1967)
Some poems reflects his disillusionment with the war, the horror and brutality of trench, using epistolary technique.
Wilfred Wilson Gibson
(1878-1962)
his plain style coming to be recognized as a principal ‘Georgian’ characteristic
Rupert Brooke
(1887-1915)
Patriotism and Nationhood
Compare any two poems with reference to the subject, style of writing and patriotism.
About the poet
Siegfried Sassoon is best remembered for his angry and compassionate poems about World War I, which brought him public and critical acclaim. Avoiding the sentimentality and jingoism of many war poets, Sassoon wrote of the horror and brutality of trench warfare and contemptuously satirized generals, politicians, and churchmen for their incompetence and blind support of the war. He was also well known as a novelist and political commentator. In 1957 he was awarded the Queen’s Medal for Poetry.
The hero
Subject
The hero poem subject is death, and pain associated the war. the poem divide in to three Stanzas. the poem hero is a death.
Jack fell as he'd have wished," the Mother said,
And folded up the letter that she'd read.
"The Colonel writes so nicely." Something broke
In the tired voice that quavered to a choke.
She half looked up. "We mothers are so proud
Of our dead soldiers." Then her face was bowed.
In first stanza The poem "The Hero” by Siegfried Sassoon features a mother who receives news of her son's passing in the war. The letter she receives from the Colonel makes the mother think that died as he would have wanted. The Colonel’s letter, as well as the words of the Officer who delivers it to her, make it seem like her son, Jack, was a hero. The mother grieves the loss of her son, but she says she is proud of him, adding that mothers are always proud of their dead soldiers .
Quietly the Brother Officer went out.
He'd told the poor old dear some gallant lies
That she would nourish all her days, no doubt.
For while he coughed and mumbled, her weak eyes
Had shone with gentle triumph, brimmed with joy,
Because he'd been so brave, her glorious boy.
In the second stanzas about the brother officer introduced how to lies the mother had died his the son. In last stanza jack In the second stanza the brother officer is introduced and he has lied to the mother about how her son had died. The brother officer is patronising to the mother in this stanza because he lies straight to her face about how her son had died and he is doing it so she would not suffer anymore.
He thought how "Jack," cold-footed, useless swine,
Had panicked down the trench that night the mine
Went up at Wicked Corner; how he'd tried
To get sent home; and how, at last, he died,
Blown to small bits. And no one seemed to care
Except that lonely woman with white hair.
In the last stanza the brother officer is remembering how Jack had behaved in his last days. The brother officer portrays Jack as being a coward in his last days on the battlefields and this contradicts what he told the mother. The last stanza also shows that Jack tried to get home because of the hardships of war but died before he could. The last stanza also shows that no one cares about what happened to Jack except his mother the ‘Lonely woman with white hair’.
Style of Writing:
This poem reflects his disillusionment with the war. Like much of Sassoon’s poetry, this work is written in a simple, clear, straightforward style. As the opening line suggests, the poem uses the kind of language actually spoken by “real” human beings.
Patriotism:
The poem is a anti - war poem in poem saw the mother be a proud feel is his son jack he died in the war against the fighter. Patriotic poem in poet reality to a war to a everybody and mother proud and fell situation in poet describe.
Second Poem : The Dulce et Decorum est
"Dulce et Decorum est" is a poem written by Wilfred Owen during World War I, and published posthumously in 1920. The Latin title is taken from Ode of the Roman poet Horace and means "it is sweet and fitting". It is followed by pro patria mori, which means "to die for one's country".
Subject
The Horror and Trauma of War. The limits of patriotism: The ideals of war spread by patriotism and propaganda, Owen argues, serve only to perpetuate the suffering of those who fight.
The realities of war: Owen’s descriptions of war are horrific, and he does not shy away from depicting its inhumane deaths and ultimate futility in full relief.
Style of writing
The style of "Dulce et Decorum est" is similar to the French ballade poetic form.
Patriotism
This poem is after war situations in the poem and struggle the soldier in life focused on the story one soldier agonizing death and behind the death of the solider. this poem horrible so called the ' horror a war' .
Do you find any such regional poem/movies/web series/songs which can be compared to any one of the poems given here. Also, give a proper explanation of the similarity.
There is song of the movie, Uri :The Surgical Strike directed by Aditya Dhar, staring by Vicky Kaushal. The movie is based on true historical moment in 2016, a year after it was released.Here are the lyrics:
मैं लड़ जाना, मैं लड़ जाना
है लहू में इक चिंगारी
ज़िद से जुनूँ तक है जाना
हर कतरा बोल रहा
(मैं लड़ जाणा, मैं लड़ जाणा
मैं लड़ जाणा...)
छल्ला सिरते बन के
कफन जद तुरया तन के
मौत नू वज्जाँ मारे
वे थर थर कँपदे सारे
छल्ला सिरते बन के...
ये दिल की मशालें
जोश से जला के
जलती लपटों को हमने
हाथों में है थाम लिया
है वो कर जाणा
कि सारा ज़माना
फिर देगा मिसाला यारों
सबको अपने नाम दियाँ
ओ मैं लड़ जाणा, मैं लड़ जाणा
है लहू में इक चिंगारी...
मैं लड़ जाना, मैं लड़ जाना
ज़िद से जुनूँ तक है जाना
मैं लड़ जाना, मैं लड़ जाना
ज़िद से जुनूँ तक है जाना
मैं लड़ जाना, मैं लड़ जाना
छल्ला सिरते बन के...
Translation:
I am gonna fight, I am gonna fight,
There is strong sparkle in my blood,
That convinces me to give my best,
Even eveyer single drop says.
I am gonna fight.
When Challa(a passionate soul) moved out,
he was ready to die.
He plays with fire,
Which makes everybody
to be afraid of him.
I am going to fight this.
Lightening up these lanterns with our passions,
We have held the live flames in our hands.
We have to something memorable,
So we are remembered in the world for good.
I am gonna fight....
It's a desire in my blood.
With my passion I am gonna do the best Even the drops tell me.
When the Challa moved, he has decided already to fight till die
He plays danger..
That makes all feel afraid.
The Fear - Wilfred Wilson Gibson:
I do not fear to die
'Neath the open sky,
To meet death in the fight
Face to face, upright.
But when at last we creep
Into a hole to sleep,
I tremble, cold with dread,
Lest I wake up dead.
This poem leads the subject of heroism like in lyrics given above. Both, poem and from lyrics, very first line shows the confidence and nature of sacrificing themselves to the Nation we can see in both speakers. The passionate soul we can see in both. In poem, the line,;To meet death in the fight; and in the lyrics,the repeating of ,'I am gonna fight.' seems similar to describe the speaker or the worrier's devotion and sacrifice towards their Nation. 'he was ready to die,he plays with fire,' and 'To meet death in the fight' again present the very Idea about death that they do not afraid from death. Both lyrics and poem have this kind of some similarities.
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