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. Like music and the other arts, the illusions of poetry can be extremely abstract and at times obtuse to many readers.
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