poem compares the corpses of soldiers to a Toller suggests that brave soldiers “dung heap”. have become nothing more than rotten, cast off garbage. The dehumanizing effect is taken one step further as the speaker, obviously a soldier who experiences these horrible events, questions his very a beast, a (l. 15). This metaphor, in the form of being, “Am I murderous dog?” a rhetorical question, further asserts the tone suggesting disgust and disillusionment. The most impressive metaphor however, compares enemies to brothers who (l. 11) “embrace each other” in an ironic death grip that illustrates the destructive and horrible effects of war. These metaphors underscore the bitter tone of the poem. Imagery and figurative language are not the only devices at Toller’s disposal. One final method Toller uses to express a negative, depressing tone is the use of repetition and sound devices. In the first stanza, Toller utilizes consonance with a repeating ‘s’ sound that effectively mimics the gas that escapes from the dead bodies, “corpses [with] glazed eyes, split, guts spewed This bloodshot/…Brains out/…poisoned by…stink” (ll. 2-4). consonance emphasizes the mutilation of the corpses and further develops Toller’s negative tone. Repetition takes place in several instances, yet most impressively in the last stanza, “I see, I (l. 14). The speaker is now resigned to the horror that he has experienced in warfare see” and he repeats this realization as a sort of anguished cry. From its title until its last in the by Ernst Toller uses a line, ‘murdered’, “Corpses Woods” variety of poetic techniques to establish and develop a depressing tone of horror and disgust. The imagery of rotting corpses suggests the horror of the destructive battles the speaker has experienced. Impressive metaphors, both direct and implied, help to further develop the horror. Finally, the poetic sound devices and repetition of the entire poem establish the horrifying monotony of the destruction of warfare. Lyric poems such as in the are “Corpses Woods” perhaps the most effective methods artists have to effectively represent the horrible tone created by war.
poem compares the corpses of soldiers to a “dung heap”. Toller suggests that brave soldiers have become nothing more than rotten, cast off garbage. The dehumanizing effect is taken one step further as the speaker, obviously a soldier who experiences these horrible events, questions his very being, “Am I a beast, a murderous dog?” (l. 15). This metaphor, in the form of a rhetorical question, further asserts the tone suggesting disgust and disillusionment. The most impressive metaphor however, compares enemies to brothers who “embrace each other” (l. 11) in an ironic death grip that illustrates the destructive and horrible effects of war. These metaphors underscore the bitter tone of the poem. Imagery and figurative language are not the only devices at Toller’s disposal. One final method Toller uses to express a negative, depressing tone is the use of repetition and sound devices. In the first stanza, Toller utilizes consonance with a repeating ‘s’ sound that effectively mimics the gas that escapes from the dead bodies, “corpses [with] glazed eyes, bloodshot/…Brains split, guts spewed out/…poisoned by…stink” (ll. 2-4). This consonance emphasizes the mutilation of the corpses and further develops Toller’s negative tone. Repetition takes place in several instances, yet most impressively in the last stanza, “I see, I see” (l. 14). The speaker is now resigned to the horror that he has experienced in warfare and he repeats this realization as a sort of anguished cry. From its title until its last line, ‘murdered’, “Corpses in the Woods” by Ernst Toller uses a variety of poetic techniques to establish and develop a depressing tone of horror and disgust. The imagery of rotting corpses suggests the horror of the destructive battles the speaker has experienced. Impressive metaphors, both direct and implied, help to further develop the horror. Finally, the poetic sound devices and repetition of the entire poem establish the horrifying monotony of the destruction of warfare. Lyric poems such as “Corpses in the Woods” are perhaps the most effective methods artists have to effectively represent the horrible tone created by war.
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