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Comparing and Contrasting the two poems:“An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” by WB Yeats and “Anthem for Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen
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Comparing and Contrasting the two poems: "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" by WB Yeats and "Anthem for Doomed Youth" by Wilfred Owen WB Yeats was an extremely successful Irish poet who was extraordinarily patriotic and proud to be Irish. He played his part in the Irish Renaissance at the beginning of the 1900s. Although he was a proud Irishman he chose to show his patriotism through his poetry instead of political or military action. Through his poems he spoke of national heroes' bravery and well doings instead of their political status or where they stood in society. He praised people who did things for a cause or beliefs; for example he described the Easter Rising as a "terrible beauty". WB Yeats scarcely wrote about war but when he did he criticized the soldiers that did not believe they were fighting for a cause, had any purpose, knowing they will most likely...
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