ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES IN CLASSICAL POEMS
Name : Muhammad Athaillah Zain Class : 4SA05 NPM : 10621211 Poem 1: Marching Men by Majorie Pickthall (1922) Under the level winter sky I saw a thousand Christs go by . They sang an idle song and free As they went up to Calvary . Careless of eye and coarse of lip , They marched in holiest fellowship . That heaven might heal the world , they gave Their earth-born dreams to deck the grave . With souls unpurged and steadfast breath They supped the sacrament of death. And for each one, far off, apart, Seven swords have rent a woman’s heart. Analysis: This poem is a poem written to describe parts of experience of the Great War (World War I) in the eyes of a civilian, in which is the writer, Marjorie Pickthall. The theme is heavily religious (Christian) and are about the soldier's sacrifices, how common it is in the war and their effects. ...