Anthem for the doomed youth
By Wilfred Owen
Sean Bean reads Anthem for doomed youth
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? -Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, —
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen was a British poet born March 18th, 1893, and died 4th November 1918 in France. He wrote poems about the cruelty of the First World War. He went to university in London but lived in France in 1913 after being ill and he worked as a tutor near Bourdeaux. He was preparing a book of "Minor poems-in minor keys-by a minor", but it was never published. In 1915 he joined the army and wrote poems about the war during his time there. He died a week before the end of the war,
Anthem Of the doomed Youth
The main message of it is so that men and women who weren't soldiers realised that it wasn't fun and exciting like some poets portrayed it as, it was suicide for soldiers. Owen wanted readers to understand what the soldiers went through at such a young age. "No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;" -The emphasis on the Plural Noun of "mockeries", "prayers" and "bells" makes this quote powerful. "-Only the monstrous anger of the guns." - Uses personification to make this quote powerful. "Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes" -Uses the metaphor "but in their eyes" which makes this quote powerful.
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Transcript
Anthem for the doomed youth
By Wilfred Owen
Sean Bean reads Anthem for doomed youth
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? -Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells; Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, — The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all? Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes. The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall; Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen was a British poet born March 18th, 1893, and died 4th November 1918 in France. He wrote poems about the cruelty of the First World War. He went to university in London but lived in France in 1913 after being ill and he worked as a tutor near Bourdeaux. He was preparing a book of "Minor poems-in minor keys-by a minor", but it was never published. In 1915 he joined the army and wrote poems about the war during his time there. He died a week before the end of the war,
Anthem Of the doomed Youth
The main message of it is so that men and women who weren't soldiers realised that it wasn't fun and exciting like some poets portrayed it as, it was suicide for soldiers. Owen wanted readers to understand what the soldiers went through at such a young age. "No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;" -The emphasis on the Plural Noun of "mockeries", "prayers" and "bells" makes this quote powerful. "-Only the monstrous anger of the guns." - Uses personification to make this quote powerful. "Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes" -Uses the metaphor "but in their eyes" which makes this quote powerful.