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Suicide in the Trenches by Siegfried Sassoon

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Suicide in the Trenches

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I choose the poem Green Beret.

The background of this poem was when the American and Vietnamese were in a war.

In a village the Green Beret troops meet the boy, they believed that the boy knows where the Vietnamese were hiding, “a good fright will make him talk.” they attempt to threatened the boy by killing his father, however, no matter what the green beret troops said or did, the boy said nothing, eventually, the green beret troops killed the father. “ the boy cried out” “crouched down and shook with tears” suggest the extreme pain of losing his father, but he said nothing. The Green Beret troops finally believed that the boy knows nothing and went away. “and the boy knew everything”, “He knew everything about them” suddenly twisted the whole story, it suggest that they boy actually knows everything about the Vietnamese troops, where they were hiding, what their names were, but even the soldiers killed the boy’s father, bearing the extreme pain, he would still protect the troops, which suggest even as his father die. their spirit and sacrifice would remain unaffected.

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I found August 6 by Toge Sankichi interesting because he describes how horrible is the"swirling yellow smoke"effect the environment. He also tell us how many streets were disappeared and how many shrieks died out. Therefore he describes how the people 's condition like.

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I found the "Suicide in the Trenches" Interesting because it describe how and solider 's perspective of war zone.

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If found Refugee Blues by WH Auden most interesting because it describes how the Jewish people were always excluded. It explains how they were hunted Hitler and his men and uses metaphors to show how they had no place to go. It explains how people told them to go away, or to come back at a later time, when they really would be turned away again. It gives you a sense of how they were always running from people and hiding. For example, it says 'Some are living in mansions, some are living in holes; yet there is no place for us'. It shows how from the richest of people to the poorest of people no one was willing to help them or give them food or shelter. Another example is 'if we let them in, they will steal our daily bread'. People believed that by allowing Jewish people in their communities they would lose jobs and not have enough food to feed themselves.

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I found Suicide in the Trenches (Siegfried Sassoon) most interesting because is  explaining the condition in trenches very well and with simple or somewhat informal language. At the beginning it describe how simple and nice the boy's life it. Words like "grinned" and "joy" really suggest the point. In the second stanza, it describe how bad the condition in war and how the boy actually suicide. The last stanza, the writer is talking about other people sending young men to war should be ashamed of themselves as they haven't experienced themselves. Words like "smug-faced" and "sneak" negatively describes those people. Throughout the poem there is AABB rhymes in each stanza, the structure is basic with 4 lines in each stanza.
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The Sorrow of Sarajevo

I found this the most interesting because the message in the poem is very clear and simple and even lyrical. This poem is also very short as it only has 17 lines and 4 stanzas but it describes the horrors and the countless deaths of soldiers and civilians very well.
On the other hand the poem describes a man walking in the middle of a war zone surrounded by dead bodies and wreckage. The narrator appears to be alone and is filled with sorrow as he witnesses the bodies. As the poem expresses personal emotions it really makes me understand how the actual atmosphere must've been like.

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The Green Beret
by Ho Thein

I found this poem the most interesting because of the content of the poem and what it is about. The poem is about a boy and father who is brought to the High Plateau where The Green Beret threatens to kill the boy's father if the boy does not tell them what he knows. The Green Berets are The United States Army Special Forces. I think this poem is based in the Vietnam War in 1955-1975. The boy is on the opposing side from the US Forces which might have been the Vietnam Cong. The Green Berets want to know where the Viet Cong forces are hidden so they are trying to get this information out of the boy by threatening to kill his father. As the boy does not tell the Green Beret any information, they (The Green Berets) kill the father. After this, a mercenary thinks that the boy knows nothing and shows empathy, "'He didn't know a damn thing, we killed the old guy for nothing'". However, after this, Thein states that the boy does not everything about where the Vietnam Cong forces are hidden and he knows every thing about them. "And the boy knew everything." This conveys a sense of suspense and/or revealing. The reader now get the impression that the boy is more cunning and secretive than what the first impression of him was. I really like this because it gives a twist to the poem. "Protected by frail tears, Far stronger than any wall of steel." This conveys two very contrasting element as he states that the tears are frail but still extremely strong. I find the end of the poem a bit confusing as Thein states this. At the end of the poem, The Green Berets are compared to tigers.

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I found the poem "Suicide in the Trenches" most interesting because it describes how a soldier would feel while fighting in the trenches.
The first stanza describes what the soldiers' general life is. It is saying that the soldiers have nothing to be happy about.
"Grinned at life in empty joy."
They have to wake up very early in the morning, but has to do nothing as the third line of the first paragraph suggests: "And whistled early with the lark."
The second paragraph focuses on the sad things of a soldier; "In winter trenches, cowed and glum." The soldiers can get so depressed that they kill themselves. "He put a bullet through his brain." Even though soldiers are ending their lives, no one cares as the last line of the second stanza says that: "No one spoke of him again."
The last stanza directs the audience at people who never joined the war; "You smug-faced crowds ... pray you'll never know ... where youth and laughter go." It means that as you become a soldier, your life and happiness is taken away from you until after the war or after you have died.

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August 6th by Toge Sanchiki

It was interesting that the poem gave the exact numbers of people died.
The way of poet depicting the situation right after the bombing was quite grotesque and realistic to me. I think he showed the people suffering from pain by depicting their wounds and the dead bodies, which are definetely gross.