War Poems War Poetry - 1443 Words

Soldiers often pay the ultimate price for a nation’s security. Fighting in battles throughout the centuries leads to countless deaths that define a country. In many nations soldiers often fall while enforcing their countries policies. There is no way possible in which a nation can thank a family of a fallen soldier enough. Death of a soldier leaves a nation with a vein of guilt deep within the core of the country. War poetry immortalizes the death of these soldiers in an attempt to forget about the brutality of conflict and to remove the grief that comes from sending your nation’s sons and daughters into combat. War poetry immortalizes soldiers in an attempt to keep the nation moving forward, to gain closure, and to paint a heroic image of†¦show more content†¦Heroism is common theme of war poetry. A heroic image serves as an aid in advancing the closure of the families, by offering that their sons died honorably. Immortalization of soldiers’ deaths as h eroic have helped justify the recruitment of a nation’s youngest adults for centuries. War poetry by different authors all seem to follow the same theme. In â€Å"Dead of ‘92† the author, Arthur Rimbaud, draws reference to the nobility of death of soldiers and to the immortalization of the fallen. In the following quote, â€Å"Oh soldiers, sown by death, your noble lover, in our old furrow you regenerate† the authors use of the word â€Å"noble† once again paints a picture of honor associated with death of soldiers (Rimbaud 8). Furthermore, the use of the word â€Å"furrow† references a trench or a crack. A trench correlates to the crack that a nation feels when their vein of guilt becomes too large. The vein of guilt cracks the nation. In addition to this, the author reference to guilt, the author uses the word â€Å"regenerate† leads to the connection of immortalization. By regenerating you can live on forever as does the memory of t he soldier in this poem. The soldier lives on for all eternity by regenerating itself in the guilt filled trench of the nation. The nobility of the soldier is immortalized throughout the poem by this line. Immortalization in â€Å"Dead of ‘92† along with many other poems throughout time has helpedShow MoreRelatedHow Poetry Can And Can Not Say Many Things957 Words   |  4 PagesPoetry can and cannot say many things in many ways. Poetry in the Twentieth Century pertaining to the Great War or the First World War gave people an idea about what poetry could say and could not say. Poetry during the First World War would often either conceal the true nature of the conflict going on or poetry would gruesomely paint the conflict for what it was worth. 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