ࡱ> Y\X 9bjbjcTcT 4R>>0Sb b ---8e,<-%_>>>#%%%%%%%%%%%%%'<*%%>:>>>%%_:%>R_#%>#%V#@"$|@H-8*$ %P%0%$x*b*$$*$h>>>>>>>%%%%>>>%>>>>*>>>>>>>>>b k: POEM 99: Men Who March Away (Song of the Soldiers) by Thomas Hardy POET & CONTEXT: Thomas Hardy: 1840-1928 Hardy is more famous for his novels than his poetry. He wrote Men Who March Away at the very start of the war. SUBJECT & THEMES: Bravery/heroism Cynicism War effort FORM & STUCTURE: Resembling the march of the title (and the song of the sub-title) , the rhyme scheme follows a distinct pattern (abbbaab) and the use of repetition throughout adds to the sense of gung-ho patriotism (see below). OVERVIEW: Taken at face value, one would think this is a poem that is essentially pro-war and denounces those braggarts and doubters and is a rally for those with the faith and fire within them. However, you might be better off arguing that the whole poem is sarcastic. It is not clearly known what Hardys views on war were, but the braggarts biting the dust and victory that crowns the just is a little too triumphant and mock-heroic to fit with Hardys normally bleak outlook on life. It almost implies the naivety of the soldiers and predicts the masses of fatalities to come. COMPARISONS: SAMPLE QUESTION: POEM 100: In Time of The Breaking of Nations by Thomas Hardy SUBJECT & THEMES: Continuance of life Strength and stability of human/non-human nature FORM & STUCTURE: Written in three numbered stanzas, each giving a distinct vignette or image of a scene. Simple rhyme scheme echoes the simplicity of the scenes depicted and the message therein. OVERVIEW: A peaceful, thoughtful poem which is more like Hardys usual pastoral work. Written in 1915, Hardy seems to tell us that, despite the horrors of war, life still goes on: the man harrowing clods continues to farm, the smoke without flame rises naturally forever and the maid continues to look after her cow (?). When Hardy says Wars annals will cloud into night/Ere their story die he seems to suggest that everyday life and the people who inhabit it will outlive the length of war. There is certainly a veiled anti-war stance implied. COMPARISONS: SAMPLE QUESTION: POEM 101: Peace by Rupert Brooke POET & CONTEXT: Rupert Brooke: 1887-1915 Brooke was a First World War poet who never experienced the war first-hand. He was one of the most successful poets of the period and the strength of his poems paired with his good looks made him a celebrity. Brooke was bisexual and experienced well-documented depression and sexual frustration in his twenties. He travelled with the Royal Navy in 1915 as sub-lieutenant but never fought as he was killed by a mosquito bite en route near Skyros, Greece. SUBJECT & THEMES: Bravery/heroism Masculinity Dissatisfaction with normal life FORM & STUCTURE: Traditional sonnet form 14 lines of iambic pentameter. The rhyme scheme switches between the octet and sestet. OVERVIEW: Brooke suffered badly from depression and his romantic and sexual relationships left him frustrated and dissatisfied. Peace almost seems to suggest that, with allusions to God, the prospect of war has given him an escape from the frustrations of his life and must be thanked for catching his youth and sharpening his power. He rejects the little emptiness of love that he may have experienced in his own life and instead leave[s] the sick hearts behind him. The release Brooke refers to at the start of the second stanza is a release from his own life and own mind. The simple life and death of war is his reference point in the remaining lines. The final line ...the worst friend and enemy is but Death has a knowing tone suggesting an inevitable sacrifice. The poem is certainly pro-war but has more subtle qualities than many of the other pro-war poems in the anthology. COMPARISONS: The Dead by Rupert Brooke (102) The Soldier by Rupert Brooke (103) SAMPLE QUESTION: POEM 102: The Dead by Rupert Brooke SUBJECT & THEMES: Death Sacrifice/Honour in Death Patriotism FORM & STUCTURE: Another of Brookes series of sonnets. Does the rhyme scheme differ from Peace? OVERVIEW: Defiant in the face of death, this sonnet seems to mirror the triumphant bugles of the first line of each stanza. Brooke uses alliteration on the b to ensure the poem begins as it means to go on: full of bluster and celebration. It is a tribute to the fallen soldiers; a poem that does not mourn them but celebrates their heroism. These men are not lonely and poor but instead dying has made them rarer gifts than gold. Brooke pays tribute to the pouring out of the red sweet wine of youth referring to the blood shed and to the vigour of their adolescence (remember, many of the soldiers were too young to be called men). Those old enough to be fathers had given the sons they left behind immortality or, perhaps, achieved it themselves. The second stanza, like in many of Brookes poems, makes religious allusions and the Honour...come back, as a king, to earth surely represents Christs resurrection. The soldiers have become Christ-like in Brookes eyes. Finally, Brooke says the sacrifice of life for ones country restores our heritage: the ultimate act of patriotism. COMPARISONS: Peace by Rupert Brooke (101) The Soldier by Rupert Brooke (103) SAMPLE QUESTION: POEM 103: The Soldier by Rupert Brooke SUBJECT & THEMES: Patriotism Sacrifice/Honour in Death FORM & STUCTURE: Another of Brookes series of sonnets. Does the rhyme scheme differ from Peace? OVERVIEW: One of the most famous poems in the anthology. This is the final sonnet in Brookes series and sums up the themes of patriotism and honour in death better than any other poem in the collection. Brooke really declares his love for his home country, England is personified throughout and in adulatory tone. The first-person approach is bittersweet and ironic, especially in the opening line: Brooke did die during wartime, but before he even reached the battlefield after being bitten by a mosquito. There is a sense of calm and spirituality here: all evil shed away, A pulse in the eternal mind, implying that with death comes peace and immortality, a link Brooke also makes in Peace and The Dead. Many famous poets and critics, including Edward Thomas, objected to the sentimentality of the poem and you could argue that it is offensively so. COMPARISONS: Peace by Rupert Brooke (101) The Dead by Rupert Brooke (102) SAMPLE QUESTION: POEM 104: The Volunteer by Herbert Asquith POET & CONTEXT: Herbert Asquith: 1881-1847 The second son of Herbert Henry Asquith, the former Prime Minister. His brother, Raymond, died during the war. Herbert fought and survived as part of the Royal Artillery. SUBJECT & THEMES: Patriotism Honour FORM & STUCTURE: Two eight-line stanzas with a simple rhyme scheme (abbacdcd) reflecting the simple message. OVERVIEW: The Volunteer was written as part of a recruitment drive before the war. It is a fascinating insight into the importance of poetry at the time. It is key to acknowledge Asquiths own position as a Prime Ministers son when analysing the poem; he belongs firmly to the establishment and, as such, was pro-war through and through. In the first stanza, Asquith paints the picture of a disgruntled clerk toiling at ledgers in a city grey, deliberately using dour imagery and the metaphorical lance yet to be broken in lifes tournament is an obvious call to arms. The bleakness of the grey is contrasted with the gleaming eagles and horsemen charging under phantom skies, straight out of the boys-own comics of the day and the unnamed clerks youth. The clerk braves it out in the second stanza, only to die in battle. Asquith wants us to know, just as Brooke does in The Dead and The Soldier that death in battle is honourable and he claims the clerk goes on to join the men of Agincourt. Asquith seems brutally honest about the chances of survival yet propagandises the death as his high hour. The poem is simple but with lots to analyse it is perhaps the poetic equivalent of those propaganda posters we looked at. COMPARISONS: The Dead by Rupert Brooke (102) The Soldier by Rupert Brooke (103) SAMPLE QUESTION: POEM 105: Into Battle by Julian Grenfell POET & CONTEXT: Julian Grenfell: 1888-1915 Grenfell was the son of a Lord and attended Eton College. He died during a shell attack when he was hit by a splinter. Into Battle was published the day after his death. In a letter that was written in October 1914, Grenfell wrote "I adore war. It is like a big picnic but without the objectivelessness of a picnic. I have never been more well or more happy." Grenfell became known as The Happy Warrior and was much criticised for his propagandist stance. SUBJECT & THEMES: Masculinity/heroism Patriotism FORM & STUCTURE: 11 stanzas, 4 lines in each (abab) except the third 6 lines (ababab) OVERVIEW: Using nature to explore the feelings of going into battle, Grenfell creates an absurdly colourful and exotic take on the war. It is a stark contrast to the bloody deaths and gas attacks of Wilfred Owens later poems. There is a sense of innocence about the naked earth of the first line, the green grass and bursting trees. It is almost surreally bizarre, surely, to paint such a beautiful, calm image while the poem is set in Flanders, April 1915 (as the sub-title states). Grenfell seems charged and energised by the war: he embodies the fighting spirit stereotypically assigned to men. Like Herbert Asquith in The Volunteer we are told that by not being part of the war you are in all ways inferior, or even irrelevant: he is dead who will not fight. Grenfell continues his manipulative propaganda alluding to religion: the bright company of Heaven hold him in their high comradeship and to the sweetness of nature: the woodland trees...stand to him each one a friend, the little owls...bid him be swift. There is an almost obsessive lust for war here. Grenfell talks of the joy of battle which takes him by the throat, and makes him blind. Death is personified here, it moans and sings, again acknowledging the likelihood of fatality yet Day shall clasp him and Night shall fold him in soft wings. Consider the poem to be like a postcard home from the front. How effective do you think such a poem would be at encouraging recruitment? COMPARISONS: Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen (140) In Flanders Fields by John McCrae (106) The Volunteer by Herbert Asquith (105) SAMPLE QUESTION: POEM 106: In Flanders Fields by John McCrae POET & CONTEXT: John McCrae: 1872-1918 McCrae was a Canadian poet who was a soldier during the war and a surgeon at the battle of Ypres. He died of pneumonia while in Boulogne, towards the end of the war. SUBJECT & THEMES: Memorial Death FORM & STUCTURE: The form is known as a French rondeau fifteen lines with a repeated refrain and a song-like quality. Traditionally, rondeau were set to music. OVERVIEW: Perhaps the most famous of all the memorial poems, In Flanders Fields is John McCraes only well-known work. It has a simplicity and lyricism that lends itself well to tributes and the images are vivid and obvious. It is thought the poem was written the day after the funeral of one of McCraes close comrades, while sitting against an ambulance. The motif of the poppy was inspired by the rapid growth of the flower in the fields of Flanders. The poem is interesting to analyse. The opening stanza is clearly a eulogy and tribute to the dead; both poppies and larks as symbols of remembrance. The ongoing guns below demonstrates the continuous, unstoppable war, not pausing to pay tribute to its casualties. The tragedy is emphasised in the second stanza. The snuffing out of life is demonstrated: Short days ago/We lived, felt dawn... only to now be put to rest. The third stanza is a rallying cry to those still alive. It could be argued, therefore, that the poem is propaganda of the most manipulative kind. McCrae demands we Take up our quarrel with the foe. We cannot let the deaths of our loved ones go unpunished. We are made to feel guilt and responsibility: If ye break faith with us who die/We shall not sleep: the terrifying realisation that the casualties of war will not rest easily until the enemy is cast aside. COMPARISONS: The Soldier by Rupert Brooke (103) Into Battle by Julian Grenfell (105) SAMPLE QUESTION: POEM 107: All the hills and vales along by Charles Sorley POET & CONTEXT: Charles Sorley: 1895-1915     Harpers Revision Notes: WW1 Poetry  PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 2BCT  %  M l m n v x   67H`a4+,>NZ} ոڸոͳոճhDhfs5hU2h_h 8hfs5 h_5>*hDhfs5>* hfs5hfs hfs5>*hDhD5>*hDhD5 hD5hD h 85h 8h 8h 85 hD5>*hDh 85>*6CTl  %  M Z [ l n    & Fgdfs & FgdDgdD & FgdDgd 87Ha,>NZ}  gdU2gd 8 & Fgdfs & Fgd_ & FgdfsgdfsgdD \  #$-=IZh.:PQcdlnƿ죰ʰڞhDh~:5>* h~:5>* h~:5hDhU25 hJa6 hU25hDhU25>* hU25>*ht h/h/h/ h/6h~: h~:6 hfs5hfshJahU2hU26hU2h_7$>IZ.QRcd&0  & Fgd~: & Fgd~:gd~: & FgdU2gdU2 & FgdU2"%&0A% !! !!! ""x""""%&&&]'^'k't'''''''''''((已ٻ hh6hhh 8hh5 hh5>*hDhh5>* hh5 h'h/ h'6h' h/5h 8h/5 h/5>*hDh/5>* h/h/ h/6h/ h~:5hDh~:5h~: h~:64 ! !;!!!" 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