comparison between the poems "out, out" and "disabled"
Comparative essay between the poems “Out, Out-” and “Disabled”
Wilfred Owen and Robert Frost both use their poems “Out, Out-” and “Disabled” to portray the destruction of youth and how it can be cut short by a lack of maturity and wisdom. This creates a sense of loss of innocence within the reader. In “Out, Out-” the subject or character has a very quick and short death which contrasts to “Disabled” as death would be a merciful release to the veteran described. Frost and Owen also both use a third person omniscient speaker to give the reader the viewpoints from both sides. Both the poets use description as a means to portray the horror of both incidents and they similarly both use imagery and sensuous language within this description. Both poems portray a sense of a loss of innocence especially in childhood. Both Owen and Frost create a very angry dark and angry view of the world we live in to the reader through use of descriptive language. In “Disabled” Owen makes the reader understand how difficult it is for people with disabilities and how we as a society just shut them out.
“Now, he will spend a few sick years in institutes” (Line 40) In “Out, Out-” Frost shows us as the reader that people just forget and move on when people die which is, in my opinion, a very bleak and sorrowful thing to do as we should mourn the dead and respect them and the life that they lead.
“[...] since they were not the one dead, turned to their affairs.” (Line 33-34)
Robert Frost and Wilfred Owen create this sense of a loss of innocence through a sudden and unexpected death in one case which contrasts very nicely to “Disabled” in which the veteran suffers a punishment worse than death where death would be a God send or a merciful release to his pain. Similarly, both poems have a trend of ignorance running through them and as a result the main subjects have to live with the consequences of this immaturity. In “Out, Out -” frost shows the ignorance of the
Wilfred Owen and Robert Frost both use their poems “Out, Out-” and “Disabled” to portray the destruction of youth and how it can be cut short by a lack of maturity and wisdom. This creates a sense of loss of innocence within the reader. In “Out, Out-” the subject or character has a very quick and short death which contrasts to “Disabled” as death would be a merciful release to the veteran described. Frost and Owen also both use a third person omniscient speaker to give the reader the viewpoints from both sides. Both the poets use description as a means to portray the horror of both incidents and they similarly both use imagery and sensuous language within this description. Both poems portray a sense of a loss of innocence especially in childhood. Both Owen and Frost create a very angry dark and angry view of the world we live in to the reader through use of descriptive language. In “Disabled” Owen makes the reader understand how difficult it is for people with disabilities and how we as a society just shut them out.
“Now, he will spend a few sick years in institutes” (Line 40) In “Out, Out-” Frost shows us as the reader that people just forget and move on when people die which is, in my opinion, a very bleak and sorrowful thing to do as we should mourn the dead and respect them and the life that they lead.
“[...] since they were not the one dead, turned to their affairs.” (Line 33-34)
Robert Frost and Wilfred Owen create this sense of a loss of innocence through a sudden and unexpected death in one case which contrasts very nicely to “Disabled” in which the veteran suffers a punishment worse than death where death would be a God send or a merciful release to his pain. Similarly, both poems have a trend of ignorance running through them and as a result the main subjects have to live with the consequences of this immaturity. In “Out, Out -” frost shows the ignorance of the