Anthem_For_A_Doomed_Youth_Vs_The_Fall_Of_Saigon

Anthem For A Doomed Youth Vs The Fall Of Saigon In the poem “Anthem For a Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen, the writer expresses his opinion about the doomed youth of war. His opinion being: the tragedy of no ceremonial burial to pay respect for the lost youths of war. He juxtaposes the “rapid rattle” of guns with the harmonies of funeral. The “passing bells” of church and “the monstrous anger of the guns.” “Only the stuttering rifles rapid rattle can patter out their hasty orisons.” In this phrase for example the angry shouts of guns shred their prayers, prayers that would be heard in church. Throughout the poem he shows how unjustified and wasteful it is for the soldiers to be killed and left in battle. “For those who die as cattle.” You can visualize the mourning of loved ones without the ones they lost and objects of a funeral that should have been. “The pallor of girls’ brows shall be their pall” and “their flowers the tenderness of silent minds.” Unlike the previous poem, “The Fall war, poem, chopper, leaves, guns, chaos, youth, throughout, tearing, side, saigon, rattle, rapid, prayers, order, opinion, ones, off, lost, juxtaposes, funeral, experience, doomed, church, cameraman, youths, writer, wondering, wojahn, without, wilfred, wasteful, visually, visualize, versus