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Compare "The Soldier" and "Anthem for Doomed Youth" under the criteria of purpose, ideas, feelings, tone, techniques, and form.
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Hisham Hasan 18th November 2001 Compare "The Soldier" and "Anthem for Doomed Youth" under the criteria of purpose, ideas, feelings, tone, techniques, and form. Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen are the respective poets of 'The Soldier' and 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'. Both the poems were written during the era of the Great War, but 'The Soldier' was a poem of the War's early part, while 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' was an ode and witness of the 2nd phase (1917 onwards) of the Great War epoch. Purpose Purpose and intentions are clearly visible in both the poems. For instance, the poems' titles themselves attempt to illustrate the purpose and aims of the poets. The varied intentions of Brooke and Owen are apparent as 'The Soldier' reminds us of a heroic soldier, while 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' of the dead soldier. Owen creates a gloomy atmosphere by using 'Anthem' and 'doomed'. The subjects of the poems differ...
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