Read the following poem and present a critical analysis [3 paragraphs]. Identify the genre of the...

  

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Read the following poem and present a critical analysis [3 paragraphs]. Identify the genre of the poem and in the analysis focus on the theme/topos (THE MAIN IDEA of the poem), poetic devices (imagery, symbolism, personification, juxtaposition etc.), and the overall significance of the poem in our world. The Great Tragedy (1918) Is this the fifth act of the Great World-Play, Or but the Prologue to its acts and scenes? Who knows what the stupendous drama mean, For whose performance blood and tears must pay? Is the war-lust in man so deep-implanted, That nothing can pluck out its baneful root? Must the war-drum for ever still the lute, The Marseille of Peace never be chanted? Say not that the war has elements of good, And cures the ills bred in an age of Peace; And well acclaim the burning lava-flood, And hail its havoc for the earth's increase; Of Future Richness: what of good there be IS of the evil but a mockery. Read the following poem and present a critical analysis [3 paragraphs]. Identify the genre of the poem and in the analysis focus on the theme/topos (THE MAIN IDEA of the poem), poetic devices (imagery, symbolism, personification, juxtaposition etc.), and the overall significance of the poem in our world. The Great Tragedy (1918) Is this the fifth act of the Great World-Play, Or but the Prologue to its acts and scenes? Who knows what the stupendous drama mean, For whose performance blood and tears must pay? Is the war-lust in man so deep-implanted, That nothing can pluck out its baneful root? Must the war-drum for ever still the lute, The Marseille of Peace never be chanted? Say not that the war has elements of good, And cures the ills bred in an age of Peace; And well acclaim the burning lava-flood, And hail its havoc for the earth's increase; Of Future Richness: what of good there be IS of the evil but a mockery.

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A World Stage Stained Crimson A Critical Analysis of The Great Tragedy 1918 The Great Tragedy 1918 by an unknown author stands as a powerful lament for the devastation of World War I and a questioning ... View the full answer