Wilfred Owen Poems Analysis

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the men are anxious about departure for war, they still try to show cheerfulness. Owen progresses further ahead into the poem and introduces people watching the men departure. "A casual tramp, stood staring hard.", the indication we get from this line is that other individuals who have not entered to fight in war are the 'ones' better off than the soldiers. The tramp is described "staring hard", he must have been thinking at the back of his mind, I am lucky that I am not rising my life to go and fight for my country. The use of "hard" indicates that the tramp really focused, gazed, glared not taking his eyes off and foreseeing the large number of men one by one lining up. "Sorry to miss them," feeling guilt inside himself. "I should be down there to offer my services on behalf of the entire Great Britain. Owen says "then, unmoved, signal nodded and a lamp winked to the guard." Here there is a usage of personification, meaning signals do not nod or wink, that is the action of ...

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similar to the "Send-off" by showing these men as fully determined to go to war and fight on behalf of the entire United Kingdom. The women are unfortunate "first to risk choosing, them leave alone losing them," they are unable to convince their men not to go to war. They have been described as going "beyond the South Sea…," the use of an eclipse here conveys that the distance travelled will be large. The soldiers can not expect to return safely as many would have battled as the "rain came down drenchingly:" has a symbol of a colon, in poetic terms this is called caesura, it is only made productive for a change in mood or expressionism. It is similar by to Owen's "Send-off" in ...

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