Homework 3/18

"The Soldier"
This poem is interesting because it is decribing the author's love for his home country. It does not reveal any of the horrors of war nor does it mention which war the poem is about. We can assume the author writes about WWI because of the date the poem was written. But the war itself is not the main focus, it is the soldier's patriotism and love for his country that makes this poem inspirational.

"Anthem for Doomed Youth"
This poem is also about war, but contrary to the first, it's lines are full of imagery that describe the trajedies of war. The author describes the soldiers as cattle that are to be slaughtered. The author describes the absence of funeral bells and prayers with the shots of guns and the clanging of spent shells in their place.

"Dulce et Decorum Est"
This poem is also about a tragedy in WWI. This poem illustrates one particular event of a soldier dying of chlorine gas. The poem provides the reader with actualities of war. This poem like the forst two describe WWI.

"They"
This peom, like the others, was written in the time of WWI and is different because of its religious message. The last line "The ways of God are strange," provides comfort for the religious. This one line implies that the horrific events and the consequences of them are in some way in God's plan for the injured or dead soldiers. We can assume from the reading that the Bishops believes "they" have died or been deformed for reasons that only God can understand.