this poem is about a young man about to go off to war. he is a very patriotic person who thinks that it would be an honor to die for his country. he seems to not be worried about dying though. he is telling someone that if he should die, to think about what he has written.
Anthem for Doomed Youth
this poem is another about war. the tone seems to be one that is against war because it refers to soldiers as cattle. it also seems to condemn the soldiers who participate in the war before they even fight because in the title it calls the soldiers a "doomed youth".
Dulce et decorum Est
this poem is about an experience of someone from WWI. it describes marching forward until ragged only to be forced to turn back becuase of attack from the enemy. when they are hit with poison gas, all but one person gets their gas mask on in time. he describes having to watch his friend die and walk back with his rotting and stinking body in the wagon. after telling this, he says that the old saying of "it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country" is a lie.
Glory of Women
the first stanza of this poem describes how Brititsh women feel about their soldiers. they love heros, their chivalrous ways, and stories of bravery and danger. second stanza changes direction and describes a german soldiers mother knitting socks for her son. but her son is already dead on the battlefield.
They
in this poem, a bishop is telling a group of people that when the young men serving in the military come back, they will be very different from when they left. they have fought the "anit-christ" and challenged death. they will come back wounded and ailing.
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I agree with your comments about each poem. I like how you associated the reference of soldiers to "cattle" to war in Anthem for Doomed Youth. I did not think of that as I was reading, although I knew war was connected with the poem. Also, in They, I like how you associated the enemy with "anti-Christ" and the soldiers are changed for this reason, along with challenging death.
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