Wadsack-Stewart,+J

The Poem​ ​

ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH By Wilfred Owen


 * **TPCASTT: Poem Analysis Method:** title, paraphrase, connotation, diction, attitude, tone, shift(s), title revisited and theme ||
 * ** T ** || ** I think the Title of poem means: **

The “Anthem for Doomed Youth” most likely means a song in honor of those young people who would die, and considering the time the poem was written, it refers to those who died in World War I. ||
 * ** P ** || ** Paraphrase parts of the Poem **

What church bells will play for those who are slaughtered senselessly? Only the deafening sounds of guns firing. Only the pattering of rifles, are able to give their funeral prayers. No senseless funerals for them at the moment; no prayers nor bells; Nor anyone to grieve except for choirs, -- The high, evil choirs of bombshells; And military trumpets playing for them at sad countryside. What candles can be held to aid them in their passing into death? Not the boys waving shall they say goodbye, but by the sad shimmer of grief in the eyes of those who lost them. The paleness of girl’s faces shall be their coffin cover. The funeral flowers given to them shall be those mindful to mourn for them. And at the end of each day, for the dead the blinds shall be drawn. ||
 * C ** || ** Connotation of some of the words—changing literal meaning to implied or associated values **
 * C ** || ** Connotation of some of the words—changing literal meaning to implied or associated values **

The entire poem relates traditional things one might happen or be given to the dead at a funeral to the weapons of warfare. “Those who die as cattle” really means those who are slaughtered senselessly. “mockeries” refers to funerals that are insulting, which reflects Owen’s feeling that these Christian funerals in the name of a loving God can have nothing to do with so much death. “What candles can be held to speed them all?” connotes that candles are used to hasten the deads’ journey into the heaven. “A drawing down of the blinds.” Means the drawing of blinds at a funeral in the death of a person. ||
 * A ** || ** Attitude—What is the attitude of the author, characters, or yourself? ** ||
 * S ** || ** Shift—At first we think or feel one way—then there is a shift: identify the shifts and explain them ** ||
 * T ** || ** Title revisited—any new insights on meaning or significance of title. ** ||
 * T ** || ** Theme or Author’s Purpose ** ||
 * T ** || ** Title revisited—any new insights on meaning or significance of title. ** ||
 * T ** || ** Theme or Author’s Purpose ** ||
 * T ** || ** Theme or Author’s Purpose ** ||
 * T ** || ** Theme or Author’s Purpose ** ||

Criticism"Anthem for Doomed Youth." //English@kkc//. Web. 02 Mar. 2010. []. "Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)." //WwwASMSA//. Web. 02 Mar. 2010. [].

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