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Transcript: By : Brian , Oscar , Areef , Krishen War's wasted era is a desert shore, As know those who have passed there, a place Where, within sound of swoll'n destruction's roar, Wheel the wild vultures, lust and terror base; Where, making ready for them, stalk the grim Barbarian forms, hunger, disease and pain, Who, slashing all life's beauty limb from limb, Crush it as folly on the stony plain. A desert: - those too who, as thou, have been Followers of war's angel, Sacrifice, (Stern striders to beyond brute torment's scene, Soarers above the swerves of fear and vice) KNow that the lightning of his ghostly gaze Has wrecked for them for ever earth's small ways. What kind of conflict does this focus on? Elizabeth Daryush The poem was based on the Siege Of Al-Kut. It took place at Mespotonian, Iran on 7 December 1915 – 29 April 1916. Sir Charles Townsend, was retreating from Ctestipon in Iraq. His army was both Indian and British. He was ambusged by the Ottoman Empire From what perspective was this written on The poet focuses on the conflict of war and gruesome things that happen to soldiers. The line "Barbarian forms, hunger, disease and pain" uses tripling to show the mutiny that follows when soldiers are battling in war. Analysis Question Time!!!! Uses torture imagery to put graphic images of war in the audience's mind. "Where, within sound of swoll’n destruction’s roar,". Elizabeth uses metaphor to emphasise her point that the war is barbaric and it only causes severity. This makes the reader feel empathetic towards the reader How does the poet explore conflict? Poem Elizabeth Daryush was an English poet daughter of Robert Bridges who was also a poet . She was originally Elizabeth Bridges and had published some poems under that name . She then Married Ali Akbar Daryush .Therefore she spent some time in Persia as her husband was Persian . Her poem "For a survivor of the Mesopotamian Campaign" was about a war that happened in the middle east. For a survivor of Mesopotamian
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