Development of Ideas:
After/while/before + previous narrative context + last name of author + shifts to + current narrative context + and utilizes the + literary choice(s) + textual reference + in order to + has connotations of/evoke(s) the idea of/conjure(s) up the idea of + proximal inference + , suggesting that + far from contrast + broader inference. This has the effect of making the reader feel + reader’s emotions + reader-specific broader insight. Ultimately, through this use of + aforementioned literary choice(s) + , + last name of author + is able to showcase/establish + broadest inference.
After the title declares the poem to be an “anthem for doomed youth,” Owens shifts to the question of “what passing bells” ring out for those who “die as cattle” and utilizes this simile “as cattle” in order to evoke the idea of dehumanization, suggesting that those who meet their demise during war, far from receiving their deserved commemoration and veneration, instead are treated with the same apathy that one would associate with the slaughter of animals. This has the effect of making the reader feel sympathetic in relation to the deprivation of the soldier’s inherent and indisputable right to be celebrated for their valor. Ultimately, through this use of simile, Owen is able to portray his deep-rooted cynicism with regard to the inexcusable treatment that most soldiers receive after their demise in the battlefield.