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Commenting closely on the language and form, compare the poetry of Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen
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Commenting closely on the language and form, compare the poetry of Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen War wör , n a state of conflict; a contest between states, or between parties within a state (civil war) carried on by arms; any long-continued struggle... Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen were two of the greatest poets in our history. Despite both dying before they reached the age of 30, they left behind a legacy of Britain's greatest poems. This essay will explore and comment closely on the language and form of both poets, compare styles and literary devices, and evaluate different sections of their poems, in order to point out the successes they had. Rupert Brooke's "The Soldier" and Wilfred Owen's "Futility" may be both different in style, but they do have one thing in common. They are both about a dead soldier. Brooke's sonnet is written in first person and it talks from the...
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