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Thesis Statement
Juxtaposition between soldiers pre-war devotion to God and post-war disillusionment
Elton’s quote
“every year a new crop of bodies sown across what had once been the pleasant fields of flanders”
‘Unforgiving guns sowing death where once golden wheat had grown’ pg 373
Religious Imagery in Elton’s Quote
Ecclesiastes 11:6 “Sow your seed in the morning”
“New crop” - war subverts the meaning of a new life e.g. Jesus’ resurrection
Owen’s quote
“his hanging face like a devils sick of sin” - Dulce
Conclusion
Advocating for recognition of God’s betrayal of his children on Earth and avenge the suffering faced by the soldiers in WW1
RI in Anthem for Doomed Youth
“no prayers nor bells”
“shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes”
Dulce quote and analysis
‘Like a devils sick of sin’
Even a devils who thrives on sin is horrified by war
Imagery of teeth
Last Laugh - ‘Bayonets long teeth grinned’
FC - ‘into the teeth of the German machine guns’
matthew 15:30 ‘and shall cast them into the furnace of fire there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth’
Genesis / Devil Point
Last Laugh - ‘And the gas hissed’
Dulce - ‘like a devils sick of sin’
FC - ‘Cauldron of exploding sulphurous mud and smoke’
Abercrombie’s poetry : send brave men to scream in hell
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