Painful realities :: English Literature:

Painful realitiesPoetry creates cognisance of painful realities. This can be appreciatedin particular to fight poetry where generally it is the aim of the poetto educate people on the horrific events that take place during thebleak years on the battle palm. The painful realities argon expressedthrough metaphors, similes, specific tone of language and mood.Furthermore, poets physical exertion tempo, reflections and questions in theirwriting in order to express their feelings and what war is essentiallyabout.In order to study at how poetry creates aw beness, four poems will beconsidered. These areWar, Chick MartinDulce et Decorum Est, Wilfred OwenGrenade, Francis ScarfeBombardment, D H LawrenceIn the send-off poem, it is evident that painful realities are createdthrough the authors use of descriptive language and his ability todescribe the scenes on the battle fields and the impacts later.There is no regular structure to the poem although there is areoccurring line at the conclus ion of each stanza War is war, nothingmore. This is the foundation garment to the poem, explaining to readers that war isas it appears. It is as the gruesome scenes of violence, death andpain. There are The erratic shorter versus increase the intensityDulce et Decorum Est creates the realities through careful structure. by and by describing how the s gray-headediers, trudged through the mud, bloodshod and drunk with fatigue, it then describes the gas bombs. With wily use of metaphor, the kilobyte gas becomes a misty sea wheresoldiers overmaster as their lungs are burnt. Owen then concludes his poem, unbelieving the government, questioning Jessie Pope and questioningthe world that so ruthlessly lied to young men, forcing them toenlist. He questions the old adage, dulce et decorum est pro patriamori, (it is sweet and fitting to die for ones country.)The realities are so well depicted in this poem by Owen through thechoice of punctuation and use of reflection. Exclamation marks aree mployed, exemplifying the intensity of the cries of the soldiers andhow they tried to warn each other of the green sea. Owen is able to