comparison of vergissmeinnicht and how sleep the brave
... They are ‘Vergissmeinnicht’ by Keith Douglas and ‘How sleep the brave’ by William Collins. ... ‘Vergissmeinnicht’ was composed during World War 2; ‘How sleep the brave’ was written during the eighteenth century. ... ‘Vergissmeinnicht’ is written in the first person, telling the story from the point of view of the soldier. ... In contrast to the solemn, emotional and personal tone of ‘Vergissmeinnicht’, ‘How sleep the brave’ is impersonal, euphemistic and rather merry. ... It is written in the third person, which means that it does not have the same effect as ‘Vergissmeinnicht’. ... If he had, surely he would not be describing death as “sleep” and “rest”. ... ‘How sleep the brave’ was probably written by Collins as war propaganda, a poem to help people who had lost loved ones in war, it is a way of looking at death without actually literally looking at it, which is what the reader does in ‘Vergissmeinnicht’. ... In ‘Vergissmeinnicht’, there are many examples of metaphors, which emphasize the horrors of war. ... Although ‘How sleep the brave’ does not make use of simile or metaphor, it does use personification very successfully. ... The use of repetition in ‘Vergissmeinnicht’ is also very effective; a device not used in ‘How sleep the brave’. ... In ‘Vergissmeinnicht’ Steffi writes on the back of her picture in a gothic script, this is a symbol of death and has horrific connotations. ... In ‘How sleep the brave’, the reader is not told that the “brave” are marines, but a number of symbols in the poem suggest that they are. ... ‘Vergissmeinnicht’, could also be described as an ambiguous poem; many of the phrases could have a double meaning. ... ‘How sleep the brave’ has a simple structure of exact rhyming couplets, making it almost song – like, especially with the added effect of the exclamation marks. ... ‘Vergissmeinnicht’, on the other hand has a much more complex structure, emphasizing the deeper more complex reality of the poem. ... The base metre for both poems is iambic tetrameter, the difference being that ‘How sleep the brave’ keeps the same metre throughout, while ‘Vergissmeinnicht’ deviates quite often.