![]() ![]() ![]() They’re all great in their own way, and I like 1914 in particular. Indeed, the poem for which this edition is named is fantastic, but is not the only poem in here worthy of merit. ![]() The men are slaughtered like animals by the noisy artillery, and the tears that are shed are not strong enough to mourn the true horrors of war. In the anthem the noise from artillery shells becomes the choir, men become cattle and the tears of the fallen become candles. The title immediately suggests that the young soldiers of both sides are fated to die they will die in the trenches and in the fields thus, the “anthem” is a mockery at the patriotic society that naively pushed these youngsters into uniform. His time in the trenches enlightened him to his fact, as his personal experience led him to the reality. Thus, the message of Anthem for Doomed Youth is abundantly clear: war is terrible. The result of his service was a radical shift in his poetry it became anti-war. ![]()
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