When poems are written, poets incorporate important literary devices that constructs the meaning of their poem. One literary device that is heavily used in poems are rhyme scheme. Rhyme scheme is used to analyze the ending of each line, and checking if the word rhymes with the next ending line word. However, while analyzing W.H Auden “ Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone” the rhyme scheme was clear. On the other hand, Wilfred Owen “Dulce et Decorum Est” had a different rhyme scheme concept. This could be because of the writing style of the poem, and how it flows with the setting. In the poem W.H Auden “Stop all the clock, cut off the telephone” the rhyme was simple, and the reason why it is simple is because it has a constant pattern. …show more content…
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The endings of line 5, and 6 has the words overhead, and dead. They rhyme perfectly together because overhead means above the sky, and there are theories about people who passed away continue to be present in their relatives lives by watching them from the sky. In the poem “Stop all the clock, cut off the telephone”, the rhyme scheme is simple, and has a constant pattern, but in the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen the rhyme scheme has a pattern that is different compare to “Stop all the clock, cut off the telephone”. In the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen, the poem has a dissimilar pattern compared to poem “Stop all the clock, cut off the telephone”. Wilfred poem has the same meaning as Auden poem, death. Even though they have the same meaning the rhyme scheme is different because the setting of Auden poem is more peaceful compared to Owen’s poem. The rhyme scheme of Owen poem is simple because it constantly rhymes, and has a pattern. The rhyme scheme is A, B, A, B, C, D, C, D, E, F, E, F, G, H, G, H, I, J, I, J, K, L, K, L, M, N, M, N. The pattern alternates, Owens did this because the setting is set during warfare. In the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen, displays the warfare action
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This stanza shows the vile outcome of warfare. The ending words of each line has a connection with warfare, and death. Also Owens uses words such as, sin, blood, lungs, and cud. All of these words is corresponding to death, and that is why Owens used those words to resemble vivid details of warfare. Also, in this stanza the two K’s are similar to each other because cud describes someone having digested food return to the mouth. In the same way, when someone get shot in war they usually have blood spewing from the mouth, so the two words are similar. Moreover, Owens uses rhyme words at the end of each line that has a relation with each other. Another stanza that had the same concept was in line 1-4: Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, (A) Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
The alliteration used is to emphasize rhythm in the poem. On the other hand, the poet also depicts a certain rhyme scheme across each stanza. For example, the first stanza has a rhyme scheme of this manner a, b, c, d, e, a. With this, the rhyme scheme depicted is an irregular manner. Hence, the poem does not have a regular rhythm. Moreover, the poet uses a specific deign of consonance, which is present in the poem (Ahmed & Ayesha, p. 11). The poet also uses the assonance style depicted in the seventh stanza, “Seven whole days I have not seen my beloved.” The letter ‘o’ has been repeated to create rhythm and to show despair in the poem. On the second last line of the seventh stanza, the poet uses the style of consonance, “If I hug her, she’ll drive illness from me. By this, the letter ‘l’ is repeated across the line. The poet’s aim of using this style of Consonance is to establish rhythm in the poem and add aural
In this poem there are military contexts like “death lane” which portray through visual imagery images such as trench fighting.
Roethke’s poem has a regular rhyme scheme that can be expressed as “abab”. The only exception to this scheme would be the first stanza as the words “dizzy” (2) and “easy” (4) are slant rhymes. Only the end syllables of the two words sound the same. As a result, the use of a consistent “abab” rhyme scheme allows the poem to reflect the
Owen uses very vivid imagery throughout the poem to describe how horrible the war was to the speaker and his fellow soldiers. He starts by describing how worn and tired he and his fellow soldiers are as they start “towards our distant rest” (Owen 695) which can be interpreted as them simply just walking back to their barracks to sleep or, in a darker sense, to their deaths. He describes how they marched asleep and how they were too tired to even hear the sounds of the gas shells dropping behind them. “Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!” (Owen 695) someone yells when they finally realize what it happening. All of the soldiers scramble to put on their gas masks but at least one man near the speaker can’t make it to his mask in time; “But someone still was yelling out and stumbling And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime...” (Owen 695).
“Compare and contrast “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke with “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen with regard to theme, tone, imagery, diction, metre, etc.” The Soldier by Rupert Brooke, and Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen are two poems written during the First World War, and both being written about this conflict, they share the same theme of war poetry. However, the two poems deal very differently with the subject of war, resulting in two very different pieces of writing. When considering the structure of the poems, they are similar in that they are both written loosely in iambic pentameter. Also, they both have a notable structured rhyme scheme.
Throughout the poem, Owen’s use of diction plays a key role in demonstrating his message or theme. With “smothering dreams” and “haunting flares,” he enhances the negative and daunting and terrifying memories of war. The smothering and haunting memories have clearly affected him in such a way that he chose them over small less powerful
The ironic use of rhyme and meter, or the lack thereof, is one of the devices Larkin uses to emphasize his need to break out of industrial society. The typical rhyme scheme is not followed, but instead an ironic rhyme scheme is used in the sonnet in the form of abab cdcd efg efg. Larkin writes this poem as a sonnet but at the same time diverges from what a typical sonnet is supposed to be. He is commenting on society’s inclination to form restrictions on those within it. By writing out of the accepted form of a sonnet, his writing becomes more natural because of a lack of constraints due to following certain rules and fitting a certain form. He breaks free and writes as he pleases and does not conform to society. Just as with the rhyme, ...
In "Prayer" there are several examples of end rhyme that add to the overall structure of the poem. These examples of end-rhyme are lose/choose, dead/head, and preserve/serve. The person praying is using the rhymes to give the poem a light and sarcastic feel. "Therefore, O Lord, let me preserve The Sense that does so fitly serve; Take Tongue and Ear-all else I have-Let light attend me to the grave" (Geddes 140)! This passage suggests that the person praying wants light to attend them to the grave, but they believe it to be such a lofty request that they are offering their tongue, ear, and everything else on their body. The rhymes produce the notion that the prayer...
To give a little insight on the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” one needs to get the feel of the speaker and the time frame in which this poem was brought up; this helps the reader get a better grasp on the meaning of the poem itself. As for the author and speaker of the poem, Wilfred Owen was born to a middle-class family in 1893, and was raised in Oswestry in North England (Smith). After re-routing his occupation - working as a private teacher in France, he enlisted into the Artist’s Rifles. After going through officers’ training camp, the 2nd Manchester Regiment commissioned him (Smith). However, on May 2nd, Owen was diagnosed with shell shock and was sent home (Smith). Placed in Craig Lockhart Hospital, Owen began to publish his poetry work in the hospital journal. As one of Owen’s strongest influences, Sassoon encourag...
“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” or “it is sweet and right to die for one 's country,” is a saying by the great Roman poet Horace. It was used to instill a glory and honor of war in the people going off to fight. During the World War 1 era this was the general feeling of going off to war at the beginning, it was going to be full of honor and glory. Wilfred Owen was one of the youth to get shipped off to war during WWI. While at war he wrote a myriad of poems but the most memorable one, Dulce et Decorum Est, is Owen’s masterpiece. Owen wrote during a very dark and gruesome war and instead of romanticizing it he showed the war as it really was. To some degree, Owen was writing to combat the image of a glorified war and how it was sweet and right to die. He witnessed his comrades die in agony and pain which didn’t seem to align with the ideals of war. Dulce et
Alliteration is a key aspect to how the reader experiences the poem; it especially gives interest toward alliteration of the letter T. This alliteration begins in the very first line “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-” (1.1). The alliteration on the T is used three times within the first line; however, it does not stop there. Dickinson uses the “T” sound to continually draw back to the theme of truth. Dickinson, through the use of two stanzas, four lines each, uses quite a distinct rhyme scheme to organize her poem. The second and fourth lines of each stanza are clearly examples of end rhyme, by using words such as “lies” (1.2) and “surprise” (1.4). However, every single line is not an example of end rhyme. The first and third lines rhyme words such as “slant” (1.1) and “delight” (1.3); which can be described as near rhymes for they give a small sensation of rhyming. This rhyming pattern continues for the second stanza as well. The sequence of rhyming is not arbitrarily put into practice, rather, it also adds on to the truth theme. The near rhymes Dickinson stresses to not tell the truth in its entirety, but rather, convey a little bit of truth. This is being directly compared to the almost rhyming sensatio...
As seen in both poems, ‘Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori’ and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ Owen brings the audience into the his world, making them feel and think like him, knowing what he has experienced and what he dreads, and therefore successfully involves the reader into the world of poetry.
The poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Owen portrays the horrors of World War I with the horrific imagery and the startling use of words he uses. He describes his experience of a gas attack where he lost a member of his squadron and the lasting impact it had on him. He describes how terrible the conditions were for the soldiers and just how bad it was. By doing this he is trying to help stop other soldiers from experiencing what happened in a shortage of time.
Owen emphasises that the massacres caused by war do lead to crippling physical damage. In ‘DEDE’, he conveys this by the use of simile paired with alliteration “Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags”. These two lines, to begin ‘DEDE’ sets the mood of the poem, giving the audience a bitter greeting and asserts their fatigue. The comparison the men to beggars emphasises their ageing prematurely and that they have a lack of control over their life. Owen forcefully highlights how these men are going to war young but dying old due to the ageing of this war
Throughout history, tragedy and suffering have inspired great works of art and literature; and Poetry is no exception. The Great War spawned an entire new age of poets and poems, all sharing views, opinions or experiences related to World War I. The poets who touched on the topic of World War 1 became known as “War Poets”. One of the most famous of these poets is Wilfred Owen and his famous and highly scrutinized Poem “Dulce et Decorum Est”. Many critics agree that Wilfred Owen’s famous poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” showed an accurate account of wartime conditions and hardships while criticizing the glorification of war, all through his own experiences and hardships.