Presentation Reflections

The Rear Gaurd: This poem was written by Siegfried Sassoon and what this poem was basically about the Battle of Aris that was takeing place in the time fram during World War 1. He wrote with a lot of anger and this was motsly due to the fact that he was injuried in the war. In this spesific peice Siegfried uses a lot of alliteration. Men With Masks: A good quote to start off this peice was "It is sweet and right to die for your country" This basically describes this whole peice because it takes about how awful war truly is and how gory it can be. Aliteration is used in this peice to really get the reader to see truly how bad he is portraying war to be. Glory of Women: This poem was written by Siegfried Sassoon and was all about how women affected the war. He talked about how the imgae of war was trying to get overthrown by the imgage of women helping in war. He uses Alitteration also in this peice to interprut how bad war really is and what it would be like if women entered war. He also describes what war is like and how bad it can be, and that women were now getting involed in all of this violence. From Nothing to Something: This poem is about a factory worker and how she works her way up from being poor to having lots of money and becoming rich. She was working all during the war even though threre were job shortages, she was sill working and earning money. Although she is making a lot of money now she still doesnt forget where she came from and her upbringing and hse relizes life has become jolly and worth while now. The Winds on the Down: This poem was about a widow of someone who is in war. This is a very sad poem because ut expresses how badly the women loves her husband who is at war and that when he is killed she wont accept that fact. it has alot of vivid imgary to show how bad things really are and shows all of the emotion invilved with this couple. It also takes about Appostraphy and Elegy which are both in the poem. Break of day in the Trenches: This poem is all about the brutal time that is spent in the trenches with the soliders. It talks about what they go threw and how hard it really is while down there. Along with that is talks about all of the hard times on the battlefield for some people. There is a lot of symbolism and imagry to express what the tenches are really like. They make you feel as if you were there and you can relate to what the soliders are going through. The tone that its presented is also makes it that much more dramtic and makes the reader think even deeper about the war.