1. From the first poem, " Six Young Men", the poem describes war as a killer machine, where people living a moment ago, might turn out dead the next moment . The poem dramatises war and expresses sudden, inescapable and shocking deaths.
The second poem " Hero", describes war as a patriotic platform for the brave soldiers to be able to readily display their courage and bravery by dying for the nation . Not only do the parents feel appreciative, the nation thinks it is nationalistic.
The third poem " Disabled" describes war as a cruel killer, and merciless. When the soldiers fight for their country, they are not honoured and appreciated, but abused and neglected. The poem shows how the disabled from the war are treated badly , and are not treated as they should be .
2. In the first poem, the words" overnight" and " decades" both hold an element of time, and thus they are incorporated to create the mood . The mood involves sudden death and unnoticeable kills . They are related to time, and these words are rather related to them .
In the second poem, the words " gentle triumph" expresses how the mother of the war victim, feels proud and appreciative of his son . They are soft and kind words to express happiness and victory . They are incorporated to create a mood of patriotism and nationalism .
In the third poem, the words"blood-smear", "veins ran dry", "queer disease" , incorporate a bloody, cruel mood of the poem . These terribly brutal words show that war is merciless, and successfully incorporates the mood.
3. Assonance and end-rhymes are used. An assonance on the letter "o" in " soul " , " goal " , expresses a saddening and murky mood, which are the after effects of war . This assonance puts a low , monotonous tone on the words to evoke a sense of melancholy. End rhymes in the poem " Disabled" like " eyes" and " wise", "dole " and "whole" , creates a certain tone, structure and rhythm the way the audience should read the poem . In this case, the rhymes would fasten the tone of the poem . It may be to emphasise on the sorrow of the after-effects of war , and that the author does not want to talk about it , and hopes the audience reads it faster , with the hastening tone.
4. The poems enlightened to me that war was not just a battle between two countries, involving guns. I have understand the effects of war. War is not just a normal fight . War is a blood-shed platform that involves passion, patriotism, nationalism, love, bravery, courage. We tend to belittle the effects of war . War may bring about fear and terror , resentment and hatred. War veterans' parents surely would feel grieved . War is just unfair, and is a cyclical catastrophic movement . War does not only include guns, they include nuclear bombs, chemical bombs, which have after effects of radiation., which may affect the innocent . War strains relationship between countries, and the bonds are broken. We overlook the patriotism they soldiers' possess , and we think they are foolish . In fact, they are brave and convicted. I always thought war was just people shooting people.
Benedict (:
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