Anthem for Doomed Youth
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"Anthem for Doomed Youth" is a powerful World War I poem by Wilfred Owen that mourns the senseless slaughter of young soldiers and criticizes the romanticization of war.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War I poem
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| author | Wilfred Owen ⓘ |
| compares | soldiers to cattle ⓘ |
| contrasts | battlefield deaths with traditional funerals ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
impersonal mass killing in modern warfare
ⓘ
romanticization of war ⓘ |
| firstLine | What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? ⓘ |
| form | sonnet ⓘ |
| genre |
elegy
ⓘ
war poetry ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
death in war
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loss of ritual and dignity ⓘ |
| historicalContext | World War I ⓘ |
| includedIn | posthumous collections of Wilfred Owen's poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy | trench warfare experiences ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
World War I poetry
ⓘ
surface form:
World War I poetry movement
|
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of religious and patriotic rituals
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ironic use of the word anthem ⓘ vivid auditory imagery ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | Petrarchan-influenced sonnet form ⓘ |
| structure | octave and sestet ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
English literature curricula
ⓘ
World War I literature courses ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | young soldiers killed in World War I ⓘ |
| theme |
critique of romanticized war
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dehumanization in war ⓘ horrors of war ⓘ loss of youth ⓘ mourning and grief ⓘ religious imagery ⓘ senseless slaughter of soldiers ⓘ |
| tone |
angry
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bitter ⓘ mournful ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
alliteration
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irony ⓘ personification ⓘ simile ⓘ |
| usesImageryOf |
battlefield noise
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church rituals ⓘ funeral rites ⓘ |
| writtenDuring | World War I ⓘ |
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