The purpose of art is then, the presentation of an idea through an articulate symbol such as poetry. The expression of an idea, in this case, comprised of specific human feelings and images, is the ruling purpose of art (52). The emotive images are over-determined, helping to create a great variety of human feelings that cohabit in the vital import (Langer 1953, 242). Through the formal structures of its text and language, this poem creates a virtual world within itself, expressing feelings associated with death, despair, bitterness, sadness and hopelessness. The interpretation of this poem takes one into the realm of human expression, colorfully represented, exemplified and magnified by the powerful structural elements of poesis. Langer's conceptual framework to an analysis of the ambiguities and meanings in Wilfred Owen's poem entitled Anthem for Doomed Youth, leads the reader into the exploration of particularly interesting images. Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,Īnd each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds. The pallor of girls’ brows shall be their pall Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes.

Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes What candles may be held to speed them all? The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells Īnd bugles calling for them from sad shires. Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,. No mockeries for them no prayers nor bells, What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Wilfred Owen’s Anthem for Doomed Youth: An Illusion of Life in the Present Tense Of particular intrest is Langer's view that poetry constitutes a 'purely and completely experienced reality, a piece of virtual life'. My goal was to analyze the poem within the tenets and conceptualizations of Langer's theoretical contexts and aesthetic means to comprehend poetry.

Langer's book entitled Feeling and Form (1953). I completed this analysis after recently re-reading Susanne K.

Though technology, Jackson brings old war footage to vivid life, restoring a sense of the soldiers as actual people.Like music and the other arts, the illusions of poetry can be extremely abstract and at times obtuse to many readers. In this clip, director Peter Jackson discusses his recent WWIfilm, They Shall Not Grow Old. Internationally famous actor, comedian,and writer Stephen Fry reads the poem (with a bugle call in the background). A valuable resource of Owen's other poetry, and a look at his life. A series of podcast documentaries from the University of Oxford about various aspects of World War I poetry, including some excellent material specifically about Wilfred Owen. A BBC show in which three contemporary poets respond to Wilfred Owen's poetry.

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