Poetry

• King, honour,human dignity ,etcetera
• King, honour,human dignity, etcetera ( bayonet charge )

  The voice of the soldier is exploring the motivations of war

  Themes - transformation of humans, as the soldier drops these motivation in return for living

  Listing emphasise that here and now they are second to the rush of the battle

  3 stanza blank verse , final stanza pace is picked up as he approaches doom or destination

  Nameless soldier in the poem becomes more a weapon than a man ( he has changed)
• Suddenly he awoke and was running raw in raw seamed hot khaki (bayonet charge )

  The voice explores the chaos and action of battle

  Themes transformation, humanity , and nature

  Opening adverb, alliteration of R and H sound gives a sense of heavy breathing

  Largely unstructured, mix of caesura and enjambent adds to chaotic tone and confusion of war

  Hughes whilst never serving in ww1 had heard stories from his father ,he also often explores man's impact on nature
• Suddenly he awoke and was running raw in raw seamed hot khaki
• Merciless iced East winds that knives us exposure


  First person voice of soldier could be Owen as he served as a soldier wanting to expose reality of war

  Conflict between man and nature

  Personification- weather is merciless attacking them, siibilance - hissing s sound captures the sound of the wind both lonely and biting

  There are 8 stanzas with consistent half line to end caesura, repetition, ellipsis create a sense of boredom

  Owen experienced war first hand , he was angry about the soldiers living conditions
• But nothing happens exposure
• But nothing happens 


  Owen is exploring the helplessness of the soldiers
• Wondered which had been the better way to die

  Kamikaze
• A shaven head full of powerful incarnations

  Kamikaze
• I carving out my own identity

  Checking out me history
• Bandage up me eye ... blind me to me own identity

  Checking out me history
• We are bombarded by empty air strange it is a huge nothing g that we feat

  Storm on island
• Spits like a tame cat turned savage

  Storm on island
• Run in blood down palaces walls

  London