I have studied poems of World War II. I found that the poems fell into :: English Literature

I have studied rimes of World war II. I found that the poems fell into two categories, Recruiting Poems and Reality Poems.World state of war II PoetryI have studied poems of World war II. I found that the poems fell intotwo categories, Recruiting Poems and Reality Poems. Recruiting poemswere those which were written by poets who have never encountered war only when were paid to convince the reader, commonly in their twenties, tosign up with the army. Reality poems tragic and effective ro homoce ofwhat war was really like. They were written after war by a person whohas suffered the consequences of the battleground.Dulce Et Decorum Est, a reality poem written by Wilfred Owen describesthe struggle of a group of people who have to fight with theextraordinary events of war day in day out. Wilfred Owen frequentlyuses exceedingly emotive language throughout the poem for examplehaunting, limped and guttering, choking, drowning. These succorthe reader imagine the terrible pain the so ldiers suffered. Owen usesrhetorical devices such as you too could pace behind the wagon thatwe flung him inThe title, in incline means It Is Sweet And Honourable To Die For OnesCountry. Which at first suggests that the poem represents the army ina good way. However this is far from the truth. In a way I think thatOwen was mocking the saying but I dont think he was mocking the armyas a whole.Owen says Till on the haunting fl ars we turned our backs whichmeans the soldiers are so tired that even when the flares go offbehind them they dont have the capacity to turn around to see them. Healso says Drunk with frighten away which is saying that the soldiers areso tired that it is as though they are drunk. Owen says these toethicise the tiredness of the soldiers.The pace changes in the second stanza. The soldiers are woken by a gasattack. This changes the mood that Owen has set in the opening stanza.The soldiers are outright woken by the fact that their lives are in extremedanger and they this instant have to be fully aware of all their surroundings,which will be difficult because of their tiredness. Dim through themisty panes and thick green baseless, as under a green sea, I saw himdrowning The green light is the view through the soldiers gas masks.This is a simile saying that the man is drowning in a green sea. Butreally he is drowning in a sea of toxic blood.