A Contrast of War Poetry
A Contrast of the War Poems of Stephen Crane and Wilfred OwenWar poetry is a relatively new classification in the world of poetry. Stephen Crane and Wilfred Owen are two poets that have seen war first hand and have written many graphic and in-depth poems on war. The similarities in the war poetry of Stephen Crane and Wilfred Owen seem relatively minor when compared to the striking differences in imagery, symbolism and impressionism. Stephen Crane was born on November 1, 1871 in Newark, New Jersey. He later moves to New York and attends school for the first time. Crane's father dies and his mother moves back to New Jersey, where she dies eleven years later. Crane attends Syracuse University in New York for a year, then travels to Mexico where he publishes "The Black Riders", his first war poem. Later Crane becomes shipwrecked off the coast of Florida, which is the basis for a future book, and meets Cora Taylor, proprietress of a house of prostitution, along the way. Together they go to cover the story on the
His poetry is often called "action poetry" with its vivid impressions that paint vibrant, yet dismal landscapes. Although Stephen Crane never fought in battle, his experiences in these wars influenced his later poetry on war. On this is based all his war poetry. He uses impressionism to delineate brilliant and concrete images. The most important part of Wilfred Owen's poetry is his graphic imagery that can draw such pictures that no other poetic means can, such as in line twenty-two: "Come gargling from the froth corrupted lungs". He enlisted in the Artists' Rifles and endured fourteen months of training in England. He was drafted to France and spent the next four months there, only five weeks of which were on the front line. It shows troops being brutally slaughtered very vividly, evoking images in the reader's mind. Stephen Crane has a unique way of writing poetry.
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