Similarities and differences -Beach Burial and Futility

             War tends to be a political game controlled by the people in power in the country. Its a game that can be glorious but can also be a tragedic as it can cause millions of deaths and loss of properties. World War I and World War II can be said to be the biggest wars off all as there were many countries involved. Many politicians, historians, the public and even the poets commented on these two wars, Kenneth Slessor and Wilfred Owen are two of them.
             Poets write anti-wars poem simply because they want to express their sentiments to war. Kenneth Slessor wrote "Beach Burial" and Wilfred Owen wrote Futility. The theme of Beach Burial and "Futility" is war. The public and politicians put both wars forward as something glorious and patriotic. However, the wars turned out differently. Wilfred Owen experienced World War I and Kenneth Slessor experienced World War II. Although they experienced the wars during different periods, their opinions on wars were very similar and they both skillfully used poetic devices to express their sentiments on wars.
             The similarities in their attitude towards war are clearly reflected through their poems. Both poets wrote anti- war poems and they both agreed to a high extent that war is unnecessary and foolish. Through the language and phrasing in their poems, they raised the awareness of anti- war sentiments amongst society. In both poems the images of death, sacrifice and supreme being became important elements in the poems. For instance, " The convoys of dead sailors come; at night they sway and wander in the waters far under" quoted from Beach Burial pictured the dead bodies of the sailors floating in all directions in the sea.
             The differences between the two poems make them unique in its own way. Beach Burial is about a group of service men whereas Futility is more about the values life. Owen believed that war made all the work that were done by the creator in creating the...

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