Seriously, the Wilfred Owen essay question was the best!
How does Wilfred Owens Poetry expose the tragedies of war?
I did all my practise SAC essays and Exam essays on this theme, on how he constructed it to expose whatever
My SAC was what was he trying to expose through his poetry.
So I got in an actually laughed out loud.
Para 1: How he uses imagery to convey the tragedies etc
Para 2: How he used metric structure etc. So I touched on Pentameter, Rhyme etc to ellicit a response in his audience. And then the piece de resistance: In his preface he mentions how he is not concerned with poetry. My subject is War and The Pity of War. The poetry is in the pity
I went on to say in Dulce how he adhered perfectly to the standard poetic features at the time such as pentameter, but when the gas attacks or the pity hits, then it all goes out and the window, and then is when we truly see Wilfred Owens poetry, only when the pity occurs. The poetry is in the pity<3
Para 3: I used his writing style. From a boy who spoke of Bluebells moon by moon and finding gay fairyland to a man who knew loss and spoke of drooping tongues from jaws that slop their relish
I spoke how he used suck evokative imagery to fully explicate to the reader the atrocities of war.
Think I went pretty well on this.
Same here Josiah. I was considering doing the second one for complexity but A was way to easy to pass up.
Your paragraphs sound great. The first paragraph I also spoke about images. I spoke about the 'helpless sight' of the soldier bearing witness to the debilitating truths of war, like the 'froth corrupted lungs' and shit leading them to 'men marching asleep' seeing total mental degradation in the speaker that let them to be dehumanised and 'men marched asleep' and shit like that.
The second one I tried to be complex and go both ways, not sure if it was good. I said that Owen attempted to beautify war through his romanticised depictions, but ultimately tragedy prevailed. I spoke that throughout his poems (futility and spring offensive) he began trying to beautify nature and make war sound good, but the poems saw a chronological shift towards tragedy.
Lastly I said owen exposed the unfortunate circumstances that soldiers were put in. I spoke about the gruelling environment of cramped in that funnelled hole, i spoke about the parents allowing children to kill themselves for their honour (S.I.W) then I spoke about the treatment that the propagates of war gave the soldiers (Mental Cases) treating them like psychos in an experiment .. those that 'pawed us those who dealt us war and madness.' As such, he exposed the tragedies of war. I continually referenced the word tragedy.
How do you think I'll do

I'm hoping for a 9.