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ill survive. i always do.Originally posted by hisoka:you are still here?? i thought you went off in fear fo your dad's screaming
studying math now anyway.. -
Nah. You're from good school.Originally posted by sammiegal:im doing badly too seow. dont worry.
and i've got guy problems to rant about but im afraid dad's gonna shoot me if i dont get off the com soon.
-sulks and goes to study for e-math test tmr-
nights all!
You think you did bad. When O Levels results come, you'll do better than most people.
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post here let us see lahOriginally posted by sammiegal:sighs i just finished it.. wanna help me look thru? haha. wilfred owen.
im tired.. =/
and the 10 years im talking abt myself.. -
remember, i adore oxymorons, puns, paradoxes, alliterations and rhythm... just so you know.Originally posted by hisoka:hmm can help me make a peom that will touch starblue so much that she falls in love with me? 
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what skool she from??Originally posted by CoolMyth:Nah. You're from good school.
You think you did bad. When O Levels results come, you'll do better than most people.
but yeah prelims are always harder. alot of them fail prelims then did very well for the lvls -
what sch is sam from?Originally posted by CoolMyth:Nah. You're from good school.
You think you did bad. When O Levels results come, you'll do better than most people. -
Need any help? I'm in a madths mood now.Originally posted by sammiegal:ill survive. i always do.
studying math now anyway.. -
Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen
“Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,”Soldiers are supposed to be upright and dignified as they fight for their nation yet the poet depicts them as beggars and hags, which are more suitable for old people. Generally, soldiers are described as representatives of a country, the backbone of the nation. This shows how the poet views soldiers.
“Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;”The usage of the words ‘trudge’ and ‘men marched asleep’ showed how tired the soldiers were. Soldiers usually wear boots however these soldiers in the poems are shod with blood on their feet.
“Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping slowly behind.”The word ‘drunk’ is normally used for things such as alcohol or happiness, not fatigue. It amplifies the extent of weariness the soldiers are feeling, such that they can be deaf even to the sound of approaching danger.
“Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! - An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;”The poet uses alliteration like “Gas! Gas!” to reinforce the anger and bitterness. There is a sense of urgency felt by the reader upon reading the line. Ecstasy is used to describe a sense of happiness but in this case, happiness is managing to fit the helmets on in time which is rather ironic. The phrase ‘clumsy helmets’ is a personification used by the poet to show the panic felt by the soldiers.
“But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And floundering like a man in fire or lime. -”The words ‘stumbling’ and ‘floundering brings to mind the idea of helplessness and suffering. The simile ‘like a man in fire or lime’ illustrates agony suffered by the soldiers.
“Dim through the misty panes and thick green light
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.”
“In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.”There is no green sea, it is a metaphor for the gas-shells and the green light. Instead of drowning in water, the soldier is drowning in gas. “In all my dreams, before my helpless sight” exemplifies the sense of helplessness and the feeling that the poet would never be able to sleep without dreaming of the dying soldier.
“If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,”Dreams are normally pleasant but smothering dreams as a metaphor would suffocate you and drown you in nightmares. In the first three stanzas, the poet has not addressed the listener but in line 17, the listener is addressed directly. The poet is identifying with the listener and showing a sense of solidarity.
The usage of the word ‘flung’ shows a sense of carelessness which is normally acquainted with garbage or rubbish, not human lives. The poet is trying to say that war makes life worthless and cheap.
“And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;”The poet engages the sense of sight and horrifies with the idea of eyes that has no pupils struggling in the soldier’s face. ‘His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin’ means to say that the image is unthinkable as the devil cannot possibly be sick of sin.
“If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, -”The poet engages the sense of hearing, taste and touch with the sound of gargling blood, bitter cud and sores. Harsh phrases such as ‘obscene as cancer, froth-corrupted lungs’ are used to describe the anguish felt by the soldier. A contrast is made between ‘vile, incurable sores’ and ‘innocent tongues’. The poet is making a point that innocent lives are lost and needless suffering is caused by war.
“My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.”In the last stanza, the poet makes his final statement that young children should not be told that it is sweet and glorious to die for their country, as it is an utter lie.
Question: How does the poet convey the horrors of war in this poem? -
hisoka just predicted my possible future in the next 10 monthsOriginally posted by hisoka:what skool she from??
but yeah prelims are always harder. alot of them fail prelims then did very well for the lvls -
Sorry. As with all other secrets I now hold, I ain't letting sammigal's sch out.
Go ask her yourself. -
co-ordinate geometry.Originally posted by CoolMyth:Need any help? I'm in a madths mood now.
i'll survive.
at least ill do better then i did at logs.
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-_-" can dun say i stalk him not?? i only... conveniently go same bus stop as him nia loh....Originally posted by CoolMyth:So, eh starblue? That guy's blog got talked about you?
Got he describe how got one cute cute gal keep stalking him while on the bus in his archives?
I want the link....
his blog is all about his skating stuff, his outings with friends, school stuff lah... it's not a diary mah, wun have me one. -
Dulce Et Decorum Est
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares2 we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest3 began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots4
Of tired, outstripped5 Five-Nines6 that dropped behind.
Gas!7 Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets8 just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime9 . . .
Dim, through the misty panes10 and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering,11 choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud12
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest13
To children ardent14 for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.15 -
Actually I forgot that part.Originally posted by sammiegal:co-ordinate geometry.
i'll survive.
at least ill do better then i did at logs.
Cannot remember what are translation, reflection, skew etc. -
coordinate geo is quite easy... but my student cannot even answer me when i ask him wad a coordinate is after repeating it for the third time that month. -_-" he bloody never listens in class i swear.Originally posted by sammiegal:co-ordinate geometry.
i'll survive.
at least ill do better then i did at logs. -
you never know. he might just decide to talk about pple who are besotted with him and stalk him for interest's sakeOriginally posted by starblue:-_-" can dun say i stalk him not?? i only... conveniently go same bus stop as him nia loh....
his blog is all about his skating stuff, his outings with friends, school stuff lah... it's not a diary mah, wun have me one. -
ehhhh hold on.Originally posted by CoolMyth:Actually I forgot that part.
Cannot remember what are translation, reflection, skew etc.
no co-ordinate. arghh something to do with straight line la.
pft.
dying brain cells.... =(
aiyah my school's corrupted. though im not supposed to be saying tht. hitler-like principal. -
ahem. that one is not coordinate geo... coor geo is equation of straight line. plotting of graphs given equation. solving simultaneous eq using graphical methods.Originally posted by CoolMyth:Actually I forgot that part.
Cannot remember what are translation, reflection, skew etc. -
Dun you wish he got talked about you?Originally posted by starblue:-_-" can dun say i stalk him not?? i only... conveniently go same bus stop as him nia loh....
his blog is all about his skating stuff, his outings with friends, school stuff lah... it's not a diary mah, wun have me one.
Anyway, I want to see.... -
/digs out red marker and contemplates on whether to strike out another name or notOriginally posted by hisoka:you never know. he might just decide to talk about pple who are besotted with him and stalk him for interest's sake -
i'm actually learnign about that in some module now....... and like you i forgot all abotu itOriginally posted by CoolMyth:Actually I forgot that part.
Cannot remember what are translation, reflection, skew etc. -
I see.Originally posted by starblue:ahem. that one is not coordinate geo... coor geo is equation of straight line. plotting of graphs given equation. solving simultaneous eq using graphical methods. -
he's not the type to talk about gals he barely know one lah...Originally posted by CoolMyth:Dun you wish he got talked about you?
Anyway, I want to see....
erm... it's his private matters. i dun disclose things like that. sorry.... but you of all people should know me. -
sam, which sch are u from?
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ehh.. considering what i just said about my principal.. pft. yellow and blue?Originally posted by mystiv:sam, which sch are u from?