Term 2 HBL

Dulce et Decorum Est

1) it's literal meaning is that they were carrying bags that were very heavy. As their bags were very heavy, it made their posture bent and their backs bend. It's implied meaning is that the soldiers are having a hard time fighting the war. My impression is that they are suffering really hard during the war.

2) The author uses sound devices to make the reader involved in the poem. It allows the reader to imagine the scenario happening, thus making the reader feel the emotions. For example, 'Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!' makes the reader think that they are in a scene of panic and danger. Thus making the reader feel the anxiety. Furthermore, he uses similes to further allow the reader to picture the scene. 'floundering like a man in fire or lime' allows the readers to feel how difficult and hard this war is, and what the soldiers are going through.

3) The author is trying to say that dying for one's country is not as glorious as we all think. Dying for one's country not only makes one go through a lot of pain, but one's friends and war mates would never wash the memory off their head, of how painful the death was for that person. I agree with this view. Many people think that dying for one's country is an honour. However, they never felt how pain and torturous death is, whether or not the death is for the country. Furthermore, it would leave deep scars in the memories of your friends.

Flying the flag in Bosnia

1) The tone of the poem is one that is very depressed and devastated. The author makes it poignant to the readers by elaborating a lot on the woman's actions and emotions. Furthermore, he describes the grave in detail.

2) The poet states that there are already too many people who died. 'in a country which already has too many' which means that
many people had died, far too many. The shirt, which is put on the grave to represent that the person had died in war, as the shirt is like a flag.