https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7 Put your thoughts and observations on each of the sections below. en-us 2022-08-25 21:46:08 UTC 2026-03-25 09:11:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272221217 2022-08-26 02:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272221217 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272221643 2022-08-26 02:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272221643 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272221651 2022-08-26 02:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272221651 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272221903 The perspective presented in Insensibility is of that from someone like Owen, if not himself; a writer reporting on the war from the battlefield itself.
This is displayed primarily through the pronouns used, with the only instance of the self-referrential "we" utilised in the context of marching in the warzone and subsequently choosing how to communicate it through writing.
There is an underlying element of awareness of the horrors of war in the perspective used which consistently shows empathy towards the dead soldiers as well as those marching towards it, and animosity towards the decision-makers forcing young men into that situation in the first place.]]> 2022-08-26 02:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272221903 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272222209 2022-08-26 02:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272222209 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272222853 The poem is addressing the higher ups and the people who are being enrolled]]> 2022-08-26 02:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272222853 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272223108 This poem holds a dark, morbid and condemning tone throughout. 

Each stanza has this overall truth to it that makes it this horribly tragic tale about the battle field and the lives  of soldier. The tone reflects this through use of language that portrays this numbness ("Dullness best solves the tease and doubt of shelling", "some cease feeling") of the way the soldier go about the war and the loss they experience.

In stanza 4, the tone shifts and focuses on the naivety of new hopeful soldiers joining the war.]]> 2022-08-26 02:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272223108 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272223994 2022-08-26 02:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272223994 taysprouty https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272225488 Their are many focus points throughout the poem, it drifts from the soldiers on the battle field, to the "Lads" before the war and then shifts the focus once again to the people in power and how they make the wars look like]]> 2022-08-26 02:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272225488 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272225497 The overall structure is irregular with no fixed scheme]]> 2022-08-26 02:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272225497 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272225509 It addresses the higher ups by throwing shaming at them for hiding away, "made themselves immune to pity" displaying how they are only caring for themselves]]> 2022-08-26 02:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272225509 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272227554 The poem "Insensibility" follows the style of an Ode. It's intention was to attack and shame those who are unaware or the wars reality.
Half rhymes are used with words such as "shelling and shrilling", "imagination and ammunition", "red and rid" and "Moan and Mourn", ]]> 2022-08-26 02:56:31 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272227554 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272228530 throughout the poem the idea of emotion, or lack of emotion is explored. the poem explores that when people block out their emotions they protect themselves from the burdens of the world

"happy are those who lose imagination:
they have enough to carry with ammunition"

demonstrates that the burdens of war are already to much for the soldiers, and to add feeling and emotions on top of this would likely be to much]]> 2022-08-26 02:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272228530 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272229220 It addresses the people enroling by telling them about the numbness of war and how it makes one lose their humanity and learn to not fear death and become desensitised to it]]> 2022-08-26 02:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272229220 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272230416 the purpose of the poem is to show the audience how desensitised to violence the soldiers are whilst fighting.
It shows how soldiers lost their humanity throughout the war and how much it affected some soldiers. From their "numbness" to their emotional and physical burdens throughout the war.]]> 2022-08-26 02:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272230416 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272230519 Each stanza focuses on different perspectives. The first starts with soldiers at war, second/third focuses on the idea of numbness, fourth shifts to focus on soldiers at home who have not yet fought at war, fifth focuses on poets/reporters and their role to deliver information, and the sixth condemns  those with the authority to control and war.]]> 2022-08-26 02:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272230519 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272231426 emotionless: this theme is explored through the experiences of the soldiers at war, displaying how overtime they have lost their humanity "[laughing] among the dying."

blame and selfishnesss: highlighted through the language use of "dullards", "wretched" and "mean" directed at the decision makers or commanders at war. "By choice" is further displaying the power they have and "immune to pity" the lack of empathy shown through their actions. ]]> 2022-08-26 02:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272231426 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272232225 Personification has been used to create a "Character" of 'Chance' and helps convey the idea of soldiers taking chances and being set to do certain concepts. as well as giving the shells a tease and doubt which they cannot feel. The soldiers are being payed to basically be scared of said shells.]]> 2022-08-26 02:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272232225 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272233525 however, mid way through the poem is changes focus to a naive soldier at home wanting to experience war believing it an experience, and not something dangerous.]]> 2022-08-26 03:00:56 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272233525 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272233552 These descriptions of the decision-makers demonstrates a genuine hostility towards them and deliberately paints them as selfish and uncaring idiots.]]> 2022-08-26 03:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272233552 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272236125 The first half of the fourth stanza follows a soldier who is yet to reach the front line and is instead in what we can infer is a training camp. The soldier’s situation is pleasant, although he is in training, he is naive to the true horrors of war and is instead excited about the adventure. The second half of stanza four follows the soldiers already on the front line and we can infer that they are marching across a battlefield. They, unlike the solider in the training camp, are traumatised and are therefore ‘taciturn’ when marching, unlike the other soldier who is ‘singing’, and they criticise his attitude. 

]]> 2022-08-26 03:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272236125 https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272237074 Half rhymes are used with words such as "shelling and shrilling", "imagination and ammunition", "red and rid" and "Moan and Mourn". These words present a theme of war. They explore and create imagery of the scenes on battle field.]]> 2022-08-26 03:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/craigfrost1/ss9g5v135xmoe3o7/wish/2272237074