Losses

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"Losses" is a World War II–themed poetry collection by American poet and critic Randall Jarrell, noted for its stark, psychologically acute portrayal of soldiers’ experiences in aerial warfare.

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instanceOf book
poetry collection
author Randall Jarrell NERFINISHED
authorNationality American
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creatorOccupationOfAuthor literary critic
poet
criticalReception considered a major American World War II poetry work
highly praised by literary critics
genre World War II literature
war poetry
hasInfluenced later American war poetry
hasSubject American airmen
aircraft and bombing raids
civilian casualties
combat missions
dehumanization in war
memory of the dead
military command structure
survivor’s guilt
training accidents
language English
literaryForm lyric poetry
literaryMovement modernist poetry
mainTheme World War II NERFINISHED
aerial warfare
death in war
loss and trauma
military bureaucracy
moral ambiguity of war
soldiers’ psychological experience
narrativePerspective first-person
third-person
notableFor critique of impersonal war machinery
depiction of bomber crews
psychologically acute portrayal of soldiers
partOf Randall Jarrell’s World War II poems NERFINISHED
periodOfPublication World War II era
setting European theater of World War II NERFINISHED
World War II air war NERFINISHED
style compressed imagery
narrative monologue
plain diction
tone ironic
satiric
tragic

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