What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no ...

It is only natural for anyone to be overwhelmed by such a moving narrative. Ratnayake’s speech reminded us of Wilfred Owen’s ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’. Although this poetic elegy is about the horrors ...

This is a theme running through Anthem for Doomed Youth as he shows his disillusionment at religion and the associated ceremonies. In 1913 he went to France for two years to work as a language tutor.

If you were to compare Anthem for Doomed Youth with Who's for the Game? by Jessie Pope for example, you could use some of the following points: When writing about these similarities and ...