Route March Rest by Vernon Scannell, Night Raid by Desmond Hawkins, :: English Literature

R surfacee March eternal rest by Vernon Scannell, Night Raid by Desmond Hawkins, The Battle by Louis Simpson - How do the poets communicate emotional or lamentable responses to war?What do these poems tell us about wartime life and the thoughts andfeelings of civilians and soldiers?How do the poets communicate emotional or moving responses to war?The following canvas will try to answer the question above. Usingreferences and quotes from three wartime poems I will explain whatthey tell us about wartime life and the thoughts and feelings ofcivilians and soldiers. I will also clarify how the poets communicateemotional and moving responses to the affect war. The three poemsthat will be analysed are Route March Rest - by Vernon Scannell, Night Raid - by Desmond Hawkins, The Battle - by Louis Simpson.I have selected these poems because they contain both similarity andcontrast. These aspects are important in order to produce ahigh-quality essay as they provide a more balanced view of th e poems.Both the contrasts and similarities will be shown to indue the reader aclearer overview of the poems.The three poems, as mentioned above, have whole been written duringwartime and therefore display hatred towards the fighting. However,they demonstrate this dislike use diametrical methods. VernonScannells proficiency in Route March Rest is important as he usescontrasting images and descriptions to create an overall picture ofdeath and dismay. Scannell does this by initially introducing a sceneof harshness using such spoilt words as skulls, thumping,crunched and clanked. He then smoothes the picture out by creatinga more calmed and restful atmosphere using such soft words as silent,cool and bright as buttercups. and this is short lived as themarching image is reintroduced and the word die is move at theend. Desmond Hawkins technique in Night Raid is very extraordinary as it isdone using completely free verses. At the start, conflicting charactersare introduced which immediately creates anxiety. Harsh sentences suchas If theres a joker made for YOU, Youre going to get it highlightthe feelings of distress and misery invest in all of the variouspeople. War is also displayed negatively using this sentence She wasshivering and laughing and throwing her head back. People would nonnormally be doing this and so it makes the reader link disease-likebehaviour with war. Louis Simpsons technique in The Battle isfascinating as he uses repetition, onomatopoeia, tempo and colours toproduce an anti-war description. The three poems are similar as theyare all about the negative aspects of war, but they differ in terms of