Reflection
During the process of constructing my website, I attempted to represent both the perspective and the imagery of the poem by creating a variety of visual representations including a poetic reading, letter, soundscape and artistic annotation. Throughout the process it was made clear to me that the poet had a visceral reaction to war and a unique perspective that was formed through personal experience. Therefore, in order to utilise the text type of a website to its full potential, not only have I created representations to convey the effect of imagery, but have used certain elements in order to evoke the tone, psyche and humanity of the poem and the persona.
I have chosen to embody the persona within a letter, in order to represent the poet’s perspective and the effectiveness of visceral imagery to convey mental anguish and biblical allusion to question the morality of war and its effect on the human condition, specifically the death of hope. Owen’s perspective was shaped upon his own personal experiences of war, which were horrific and showed the lack of humanity practised during WW1. I chose to write a letter, as I believed I could understand Owen’s traumatic experiences and capture them within the more personal, intimate and informal text type of a war letter. This war letter allowed me to expand on my own understanding of war as well as Owen’s, and the importance of imagery in sharing one’s unique experience intimately and realistically. Throughout the poem these key ideas of death and hopelessness are portrayed through both visual and aural imagery, which I incorporated into my letter to show how my understanding of war has been developed as a result of this poem.
In an attempt to further my understanding of war, I chose to express the perspectives and imagery of the poem through a poetic reading. The reading of the poem is intended to represent the perspective of the persona and evoke their emotional and psychological state. The reasons for his turbulent emotions and imbalanced psyche are largely connected to setting and circumstance; therefore it is imperative to provide the audience with the visual and aural imagery that constituted this assault upon the poetic persona. The use and comprehension of poetic imagery has greatly informed my knowledge of the sensory imagery of war and the setting and circumstances in which Owen’s perspective has been formed. Within my poetic reading, I chose to include images that represent the perspective and imagery of the poem which proved very effective as these images criticise the brutality of war, while still conveying tenderness in his contemplation of the loved ones of the doomed youth who are left behind in bereavement and grief through tone and the timbre of my voice which would constitute an aural representation.
I have used a soundscape in order to represent the effect of aural imagery in Anthem For Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen. By subverting traditional images of a choir and replicating Owen’s nihilistic perspective through aural imagery I have been able to create a soundscape that connects the audience with a wide variety of war time experiences. Aural imagery connects the experience to the audience, which is a sensory experience that places the audience in a realistic context of war. Without this sensory imagery the audience would still be garnering most of their knowledge of World War 1 through propaganda and dominant media troops rather than the perspective of an individual soldier. Throughout my soundscape the mourning voices of a choir is singing but is then undermined by the monstrous anger of the guns and changes into a demented choir. I chose to include these elements in my soundscape as it represents the aural imagery of the first stanza and allows me to inflict the sadness of war onto the audience. These elements of aural imagery proved very effective as they create a sensory experience that places the audience in realistic war setting.
My understanding of war has deepened through the study of poetry specifically Anthem For Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen. The use and comprehension of visual and aural imagery has greatly informed my knowledge and understanding of the sensory imagery of war as well as the setting and circumstances, which Owen has formed his perspective from.
I have chosen to embody the persona within a letter, in order to represent the poet’s perspective and the effectiveness of visceral imagery to convey mental anguish and biblical allusion to question the morality of war and its effect on the human condition, specifically the death of hope. Owen’s perspective was shaped upon his own personal experiences of war, which were horrific and showed the lack of humanity practised during WW1. I chose to write a letter, as I believed I could understand Owen’s traumatic experiences and capture them within the more personal, intimate and informal text type of a war letter. This war letter allowed me to expand on my own understanding of war as well as Owen’s, and the importance of imagery in sharing one’s unique experience intimately and realistically. Throughout the poem these key ideas of death and hopelessness are portrayed through both visual and aural imagery, which I incorporated into my letter to show how my understanding of war has been developed as a result of this poem.
In an attempt to further my understanding of war, I chose to express the perspectives and imagery of the poem through a poetic reading. The reading of the poem is intended to represent the perspective of the persona and evoke their emotional and psychological state. The reasons for his turbulent emotions and imbalanced psyche are largely connected to setting and circumstance; therefore it is imperative to provide the audience with the visual and aural imagery that constituted this assault upon the poetic persona. The use and comprehension of poetic imagery has greatly informed my knowledge of the sensory imagery of war and the setting and circumstances in which Owen’s perspective has been formed. Within my poetic reading, I chose to include images that represent the perspective and imagery of the poem which proved very effective as these images criticise the brutality of war, while still conveying tenderness in his contemplation of the loved ones of the doomed youth who are left behind in bereavement and grief through tone and the timbre of my voice which would constitute an aural representation.
I have used a soundscape in order to represent the effect of aural imagery in Anthem For Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen. By subverting traditional images of a choir and replicating Owen’s nihilistic perspective through aural imagery I have been able to create a soundscape that connects the audience with a wide variety of war time experiences. Aural imagery connects the experience to the audience, which is a sensory experience that places the audience in a realistic context of war. Without this sensory imagery the audience would still be garnering most of their knowledge of World War 1 through propaganda and dominant media troops rather than the perspective of an individual soldier. Throughout my soundscape the mourning voices of a choir is singing but is then undermined by the monstrous anger of the guns and changes into a demented choir. I chose to include these elements in my soundscape as it represents the aural imagery of the first stanza and allows me to inflict the sadness of war onto the audience. These elements of aural imagery proved very effective as they create a sensory experience that places the audience in realistic war setting.
My understanding of war has deepened through the study of poetry specifically Anthem For Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen. The use and comprehension of visual and aural imagery has greatly informed my knowledge and understanding of the sensory imagery of war as well as the setting and circumstances, which Owen has formed his perspective from.