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‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ by Wilfred Owen and ‘War Grave’ by Mary Stewart are two poems on the subject of war. There are similarities between the two poems as well as differences in how they both treat the subject of war.
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Poetry Essay Question: Choose two poems on the subject of war or hostility, compare the way the two poems treat the subject and explain to what extent you find one more effective than the other. 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' by Wilfred Owen and 'War Grave' by Mary Stewart are two poems on the subject of war. There are similarities between the two poems as well as differences in how they both treat the subject of war. In both poems the reader is made aware of the content of the poem by their title; 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' implies death and hopelessness and 'War Grave' also suggests death and loneliness. The connotations of each title create feelings of sympathy within the reader for the soldiers that are dying in the war. Also the structures of both poems are similar, in both cases the first stanza tells the reader about the treatment of the...
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