Mr Salles, you are actually a lifesaver. You enrich my knowledge of the poems tenfold, if not more. And not only that, I actually feel excited for the English tests (and that’s really weird)! I actually want to get into the exam and try to pull out “perceptive” interpretations and see what I can come up with. Thank you!!!!!
thank you very much sir!!. if this shows up i will defiantly pick kamikaze because they both criticise war in separate ways. they also provide some what of an identity as Wilfred Owen refers to his new family, his regiment.
You have so much great content on poetry, yet it is really hard to find, I didn't even know you did poetry until last week, you should defiantly make it as prominant as your An Inspector calls, Jekyll and hide and Macbeth, these videos are such goldmines, Thanks.
Hello sir, could you please mark this: Man is often portrayed as being in conflict with nature. Explore the ways in which nature is portrayed as the enemy of man in 'Exposure' and one other poem from 'Power and Conflict'. [30 marks] The poem 'Exposure' was a protest poem written by Wilfred Owen about his experiences in the trenches of WW1. Despite the traditional wartime dangers of guns and bombs, the biggest enemy of man is presented as nature, which is viewed as more powerful and threatening. 'The Prelude' is an epic poem describing the moment the poet's view of nature changed when he encountered a large mountain as a young boy and realised the danger it posed to humanity. In 'Exposure', the threat created by nature was mainly physical, where as in 'The Prelude', it was mostly psychological. In 'Exposure', nature is first introduced as a threat in the first line- the 'merciless iced east winds' 'knive' the soldiers. This is a violent action, and as winds cannot have 'mercy', they are personified to reflect their cruetly and status as a direct enemy opposed to man rather than a neutral natural occurrence. First person plural pronouns such as 'Us' and 'our' to show that the impacts of the destructive power of nature are universal, and this creates a sense of comradeship among the soldiers. We could also assume that the enemy must be affected by such harsh weather conditions. Perhaps it would be better for everyone if the fighting ended. The opening phrase of the poem 'Our brains ache' is particularly significant - this was inspired by the start of a poem by John Keats 'My heart aches'. Keats was a Romantic poet, and this original line reflected how happy he was made by the beauty of nature. Owen read a lot of Keats' poetry during his early life, and he had initially believed that poems should focus on beauty, until after entering the trenches of WW1, he realised that poems must cover harsh and painful subjects, such as war. In contrast to the Romantic movement, which celebrates the beauty of nature, nature is seen as the common enemy of all of humanity in Exposure. In 'The Prelude', nature is initially presented as a friend of humanity. This is symbolised by the opening line 'One summer morning (led by her) I found'. This creates a very vivid (as he remembers one particular morning) and almost romantic image of nature. At this point in his life, Wordsworth clearly viewed man as equal to nature, rather than as being in conflict with it. However, it is implied that he had known the truth about man's inferiority all along, and had been subconsciously supressing it. 'Led by her' is placed in brackets, as though as an afterthought. He was being led and controlled by a personified version of nature, reflecting its dominance. Unlike in 'Exposure', he believes in the façade of his own power and is 'Proud of his skill' of being able to row the boat straight. The poem is split into roughly three sections - the first, at which he is in love with nature, the second, where he becomes terrified of nature, and the third, where he reflects philosophically on his encounter with nature. The entire poem is one long stanza, initially reflecting his enchantment with the natural world, but soon coming to suggest he is emotionally overwhelmed and unable to comprehend what he has witnessed. There is significant enjambment throughout the first section as he paints beautiful, pastel images of the 'glittering' 'moon' and the 'sparkling light' reflecting off of the water. Rather than enemy soldiers, the narrator believes the real threat is that which is posed by nature - the only force capable of causing man's extinction. In the fourth stanza 'Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence' uses sibilance. The soft sounds may suggest that the narrator is not afraid of enemy gunfire, and may even be welcoming death as an escape from the perpetual suffering and purposelessness of war. Malicious nature seems to kill more people in war than the enemy - cold air comes 'feeling for our faces' with 'fingering stealth'. This is deliberate, and the fricative alliteration emphasises the brutality and the relentlessness of such extreme weather conditions. The wind is seen as allied with the enemy as it 'Attacks' in 'shivering ranks of grey'. Grey was the colour of the German soldiers' uniforms. Dawn, which is supossed to symbolise light, hope and a new day, is not portrayed in the positive way it is in most poems (which directly rejects Romantic beliefs about nature) - it 'mass[es] in the east [its] melancholy army'. A fight against nature being hopeless due to the latter's immense power is again shown in the last stanza. The soldiers attempt to stay warm with a fire, but the flames burn like 'dark-red jewels'. Precious, but cold. In 'The Prelude', nature's effect on the narrator is mainly psychological. His thoughts are left tourmented for days after encountering such 'huge and mighty' forms of nature. The young boy is profoundly affected and left in a state of 'darkness', either 'solitude / Or blank desertion'. He now understands the unsafe position of humanity in the world, and realises how weak it is in contrast to the hugeness of nature. He does not fully describe what he now thinks of nature, rather what he cannot. There are 'no pleasant images of trees', and 'no colours of green fields'. The technique of polysyndeton is used as 'no' is repeated to describe what there is not. This creates a picture of a terrifyingly powerful nature, incomprehensible to humans due to the weaknesses of our minds. The strength of nature is 'unknown' to humans. This poem serves as a warning to not underestimate the power of the natural world. When the poet was young, he made the mistake of thinking he could challenge nature and dominate it. It is likely that William Wordsworth wanted people to remember their place in the world and understand their limited levels of power. In conclusion, both poems present fairly similar images of nature, both presenting nature as the greatest enemy of man rather than other humans. 'The Prelude' describes the poet's initial, romanticised views of nature, before he realised its sheer immensity. 'Exposure' presents nature as the ultimate killer of man in war - 'Shrivelling many hands' and causing people to freeze to death before 'bullets' can reach them. Nature is potrayed as a 'merciless' and 'mad' enemy, dangerous because it is not a human and has no control over itself.
very helpful but is there any videos that compare storm on the island for the power on nature rather than the conflict in the troubles on your channel would like to compare these two for power of nature but know nothing
Any of the other war poems. Charge of the Light Brigade allows you to write about soldiers dying needlessly, and War Photographer about people dying needlessly. So too Kamikaze. Or, you could concentrate not he use of extended metaphor, and compare it to Storm on the Island.
hey i have a video suggestion perhaps u could do in the future, could you do a level 7/8/9 comparison with 2 poems? i really want to know how to construct them :( at the moment im getting grade 6
Mr Salles, I feel as though as I am bothering you but do you mind if you do some videos on Jekyll's character and also one video for miner characters such as Lanyon and Enfield. It's much appreciated thank you
Though this might be seen as far fetched, the first three lines of the poem spell out OWL which is a symbol of knowledge, could this emphasize the idea of them longing of the reason for war or perhaps, since owls have big eyes, it could be nature watching the men die, almost to taunt them - emphasising the total power that nature has on them that it goes as far as to perhaps taunt them.
On us, the doors are closed may also be a biblical reference of the heaven's doors are closed due to the state of limbo in death as a result of weather
Hi sir, quick question. Can I compare key concepts and ideas of the two poems and use analysis of language and structure and form to link it back to my idea?
I feel like it will be a war poem. Exposure, remains, Charge of the Lightbrigade, Kamikaze, War Photographer. Or it might be Emigree. Hope it's War photographer or Exposure.
@@Mohammed-hj3by Last year it was ozymandias but the year before that it was Bayonet Charge and the question was 'ideas of war' so i doubt it a little unless they throw in a funny question with a theme like "A changed perspective of the narrator" etc. My biggest bet is The Emigree as it links to a lot and is a new one rather than the two consecutive old ones we have just had. Kamikaze and poppes don't have a lot of great context and aren't as poetially devised, so it's also unlikely they would be. (They're more of easy choices designed for lower level students to choose to compare to now we dont have foundation/higher.) On the old anthology, Charge of the Light Brigade was also in the foundation scheme.
Poetry comes in different types - each type is called a form. Sonnets, ballads, quatrains, haiku etc, lyric, all with different rhyme schemes and meter. It is just like footwear comes in different forms - trainers, boots, sandals, etc.
Sir, could the quote ‘we lie out here’ also allude to the propaganda that Owen so frequently deplores in his poems, and the disgust we know he felt about the dishonesty of the powerful political figures about war as a whole?
This links also to the cyclical structure of ‘but nothing happens’ at the end of the first stanza and then the last stanza, the lack of political action
Wilfired Owen uses an Indent. For example, for the love of God is dying. Or but nothing happens. An indent is in the middle. So could the indent suggest that the soldier's are waiting. Which could represent that they are worried about the power of nature and war.
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@@Tomoyasaurus same bro
Exposure, prelude for nature and COTLB, exposure for war, London and prelude for power, Emigree and COMH for identity
How do you even come up with these amazing ideas? It’s so unbelievably well explained!
My favourite interpretation of half rhyme is that although every soldiers life starts in a different, complex way, their lives all end in the same way
Mr Salles, you are actually a lifesaver. You enrich my knowledge of the poems tenfold, if not more. And not only that, I actually feel excited for the English tests (and that’s really weird)! I actually want to get into the exam and try to pull out “perceptive” interpretations and see what I can come up with. Thank you!!!!!
You will! That’s why I make the videos
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thank you very much sir!!. if this shows up i will defiantly pick kamikaze because they both criticise war in separate ways. they also provide some what of an identity as Wilfred Owen refers to his new family, his regiment.
Mr salles you are a lifesaver,thank you!
You have so much great content on poetry, yet it is really hard to find, I didn't even know you did poetry until last week, you should defiantly make it as prominant as your An Inspector calls, Jekyll and hide and Macbeth, these videos are such goldmines, Thanks.
Hello sir, could you please mark this:
Man is often portrayed as being in conflict with nature. Explore the ways in which nature is portrayed as the enemy of man in 'Exposure' and one other poem from 'Power and Conflict'. [30 marks]
The poem 'Exposure' was a protest poem written by Wilfred Owen about his experiences in the trenches of WW1. Despite the traditional wartime dangers of guns and bombs, the biggest enemy of man is presented as nature, which is viewed as more powerful and threatening. 'The Prelude' is an epic poem describing the moment the poet's view of nature changed when he encountered a large mountain as a young boy and realised the danger it posed to humanity. In 'Exposure', the threat created by nature was mainly physical, where as in 'The Prelude', it was mostly psychological.
In 'Exposure', nature is first introduced as a threat in the first line- the 'merciless iced east winds' 'knive' the soldiers. This is a violent action, and as winds cannot have 'mercy', they are personified to reflect their cruetly and status as a direct enemy opposed to man rather than a neutral natural occurrence. First person plural pronouns such as 'Us' and 'our' to show that the impacts of the destructive power of nature are universal, and this creates a sense of comradeship among the soldiers. We could also assume that the enemy must be affected by such harsh weather conditions. Perhaps it would be better for everyone if the fighting ended. The opening phrase of the poem 'Our brains ache' is particularly significant - this was inspired by the start of a poem by John Keats 'My heart aches'. Keats was a Romantic poet, and this original line reflected how happy he was made by the beauty of nature. Owen read a lot of Keats' poetry during his early life, and he had initially believed that poems should focus on beauty, until after entering the trenches of WW1, he realised that poems must cover harsh and painful subjects, such as war. In contrast to the Romantic movement, which celebrates the beauty of nature, nature is seen as the common enemy of all of humanity in Exposure.
In 'The Prelude', nature is initially presented as a friend of humanity. This is symbolised by the opening line 'One summer morning (led by her) I found'. This creates a very vivid (as he remembers one particular morning) and almost romantic image of nature. At this point in his life, Wordsworth clearly viewed man as equal to nature, rather than as being in conflict with it. However, it is implied that he had known the truth about man's inferiority all along, and had been subconsciously supressing it. 'Led by her' is placed in brackets, as though as an afterthought. He was being led and controlled by a personified version of nature, reflecting its dominance. Unlike in 'Exposure', he believes in the façade of his own power and is 'Proud of his skill' of being able to row the boat straight. The poem is split into roughly three sections - the first, at which he is in love with nature, the second, where he becomes terrified of nature, and the third, where he reflects philosophically on his encounter with nature. The entire poem is one long stanza, initially reflecting his enchantment with the natural world, but soon coming to suggest he is emotionally overwhelmed and unable to comprehend what he has witnessed. There is significant enjambment throughout the first section as he paints beautiful, pastel images of the 'glittering' 'moon' and the 'sparkling light' reflecting off of the water.
Rather than enemy soldiers, the narrator believes the real threat is that which is posed by nature - the only force capable of causing man's extinction. In the fourth stanza 'Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence' uses sibilance. The soft sounds may suggest that the narrator is not afraid of enemy gunfire, and may even be welcoming death as an escape from the perpetual suffering and purposelessness of war. Malicious nature seems to kill more people in war than the enemy - cold air comes 'feeling for our faces' with 'fingering stealth'. This is deliberate, and the fricative alliteration emphasises the brutality and the relentlessness of such extreme weather conditions. The wind is seen as allied with the enemy as it 'Attacks' in 'shivering ranks of grey'. Grey was the colour of the German soldiers' uniforms. Dawn, which is supossed to symbolise light, hope and a new day, is not portrayed in the positive way it is in most poems (which directly rejects Romantic beliefs about nature) - it 'mass[es] in the east [its] melancholy army'. A fight against nature being hopeless due to the latter's immense power is again shown in the last stanza. The soldiers attempt to stay warm with a fire, but the flames burn like 'dark-red jewels'. Precious, but cold.
In 'The Prelude', nature's effect on the narrator is mainly psychological. His thoughts are left tourmented for days after encountering such 'huge and mighty' forms of nature. The young boy is profoundly affected and left in a state of 'darkness', either 'solitude / Or blank desertion'. He now understands the unsafe position of humanity in the world, and realises how weak it is in contrast to the hugeness of nature. He does not fully describe what he now thinks of nature, rather what he cannot. There are 'no pleasant images of trees', and 'no colours of green fields'. The technique of polysyndeton is used as 'no' is repeated to describe what there is not. This creates a picture of a terrifyingly powerful nature, incomprehensible to humans due to the weaknesses of our minds. The strength of nature is 'unknown' to humans. This poem serves as a warning to not underestimate the power of the natural world. When the poet was young, he made the mistake of thinking he could challenge nature and dominate it. It is likely that William Wordsworth wanted people to remember their place in the world and understand their limited levels of power.
In conclusion, both poems present fairly similar images of nature, both presenting nature as the greatest enemy of man rather than other humans. 'The Prelude' describes the poet's initial, romanticised views of nature, before he realised its sheer immensity. 'Exposure' presents nature as the ultimate killer of man in war - 'Shrivelling many hands' and causing people to freeze to death before 'bullets' can reach them. Nature is potrayed as a 'merciless' and 'mad' enemy, dangerous because it is not a human and has no control over itself.
Got this exam tomorrow fellas and I am very nervous 😢
Ur actually a life saver
sir can you favouriously make a video on the context for these spectacular poems -- actually made brilliant by you.
Thank you Sir, really helped.
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Thank you for this amazing video sir. I wouldnt know how to get grade 9s otherwise!
Thank you Mr Salles
Hi Mr Salles please could you tell me what the difference is between analysing structure and analysing form.
Thank you.
Yes, form is genre, the type of poem. Structure is anything about how it is put together
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very helpful but is there any videos that compare storm on the island for the power on nature rather than the conflict in the troubles on your channel would like to compare these two for power of nature but know nothing
Amazing ! Thank you sir
Sir do you reckon 3 quotes and talking about form and structure would be enough?
These videos have helped me a lot thanks! Which poem would be best compare this to?
Any of the other war poems. Charge of the Light Brigade allows you to write about soldiers dying needlessly, and War Photographer about people dying needlessly. So too Kamikaze. Or, you could concentrate not he use of extended metaphor, and compare it to Storm on the Island.
I would personally compare it to bayonet charge, since they both write about the fear and hopelessness of war
hey i have a video suggestion perhaps u could do in the future, could you do a level 7/8/9 comparison with 2 poems? i really want to know how to construct them :( at the moment im getting grade 6
I have several of those already
I despise English and poems but atleast theses videos are helpful
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could you say the poem has a cyclical structure as it refers to 'iced winds' and then the soldiers' eyes as 'ice' at the last couplet
Yes, but you then have to say why - what is Owen's idea in making it a cyclical structure?
This is great 👍
Are the quotes shown in all of these guides in the order of the FOSSE technique?
sick videos man!!!
Possibly the best poem in the anthology
Simpleclover842 Nah, The Charge of the Light Brigade is the best, especially with structure and form
I agree. I also like Remains very easy to analyse. I hate the Prelude.
Exposure >
I like bayonet charge
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my exam is in an hour and here i am
Yep
Mr Salles, I feel as though as I am bothering you but do you mind if you do some videos on Jekyll's character and also one video for miner characters such as Lanyon and Enfield. It's much appreciated thank you
I already have those videos on my channel
Thank u very much, ur videos help me a lot T^T
Though this might be seen as far fetched, the first three lines of the poem spell out OWL which is a symbol of knowledge, could this emphasize the idea of them longing of the reason for war or perhaps, since owls have big eyes, it could be nature watching the men die, almost to taunt them - emphasising the total power that nature has on them that it goes as far as to perhaps taunt them.
I think this is a stretch!
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I really like it 😮
On us, the doors are closed may also be a biblical reference of the heaven's doors are closed due to the state of limbo in death as a result of weather
Maybe
W comment. Good idea lol
Hi sir, quick question. Can I compare key concepts and ideas of the two poems and use analysis of language and structure and form to link it back to my idea?
Yes
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Thank you sir
Which poem will most likely come up?
I feel like it will be a war poem. Exposure, remains, Charge of the Lightbrigade, Kamikaze, War Photographer. Or it might be Emigree. Hope it's War photographer or Exposure.
@@Mohammed-hj3by Last year it was ozymandias but the year before that it was Bayonet Charge and the question was 'ideas of war' so i doubt it a little unless they throw in a funny question with a theme like "A changed perspective of the narrator" etc. My biggest bet is The Emigree as it links to a lot and is a new one rather than the two consecutive old ones we have just had. Kamikaze and poppes don't have a lot of great context and aren't as poetially devised, so it's also unlikely they would be. (They're more of easy choices designed for lower level students to choose to compare to now we dont have foundation/higher.) On the old anthology, Charge of the Light Brigade was also in the foundation scheme.
How do you include these quotes in an essay they are quite long
How do we write 5 quotes for each poem? Each quote gives me a page of work
Mr. Salles, can I send you an essay about heroes, please?
Amazing
Mr Salles to where could i send you an answer to a english language question 5? As your feedback on previous answers were really helpful
Post it as a comment, but I can't promise to mark it - I have too many sent to me now
anyone have their exam on wednesday and are really nervous?
Yeah I’m praying this is the poem
@@Sportcat01so many poems and structure form to revise alongside all of inspector calls aswell smh
Hello icknield
great or cramming revision sessions haha
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What exactly is form sir?
Poetry comes in different types - each type is called a form. Sonnets, ballads, quatrains, haiku etc, lyric, all with different rhyme schemes and meter. It is just like footwear comes in different forms - trainers, boots, sandals, etc.
Sir, could the quote ‘we lie out here’ also allude to the propaganda that Owen so frequently deplores in his poems, and the disgust we know he felt about the dishonesty of the powerful political figures about war as a whole?
This links also to the cyclical structure of ‘but nothing happens’ at the end of the first stanza and then the last stanza, the lack of political action
Both those interpretations are sound, but you can only link it to that quote if Owen emphasises ‘we’, implying a you that lies at home
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Can you please wire an essay with us an inspector calls Christmas carol power and conflict anthology please or macbet
Y am i finding this at 1am the morning of my exam :| wow
Ffs bro, i have mine 2 days, wish me luck and how well u do g?
Wilfired Owen uses an Indent. For example, for the love of God is dying. Or but nothing happens. An indent is in the middle. So could the indent suggest that the soldier's are waiting. Which could represent that they are worried about the power of nature and war.
Yes, it definitely conveys a pause, which could dramatise how they are waiting
What genre is this poem
Pls ?
Power and conflict
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