a comparisson of two war poets
A Comparison of two Poems about Soldiers Leaving Britain to Fight in The First World War
Essay written by kylie coulter
The two poems I am comparing are "Joining The Colours" by Katherine Tynan and "The Send Off" by Wilfred Owen. " Joining The Colours" is about a regiment of soldiers leaving Dublin in August 1914 to go to France to fight. This was at the beginning of the First World War and all the soldiers were …
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…quite unhappy. Wilfred Owen and Katherine Tynan are trying to convey an image that war is bad. I think that war is like a swirling monster. Which traps and consume the unwary and leaves only dead people, which destroys hopes and leaves only despair. The poem that I prefer the most is "The Send Off" this is because Wilfred Owen doesn't hide the reality of war and he shows that war is dangerous and destructive.
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