Dreamers Presentation

[Virtual Presenter] This is Sophie Mun's and Luke Chen's presentation on the poem "Dreamers". Though the title of the poem may give the idea of a daydreaming soldier, it actually tells the story of how the soldiers long for the life they used to live, which they can never go back to, whether it was commuting to work, resting at home, or ever looking at something clean again. In this presentation, I will read the poem, as well as analyzing and naming 2-3 poetry terms per stanza. Enjoy!.

[Audio] Dreamers, by Siegfried Sassoon. Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, Drawing no dividend from time's to-morrows. In the great hour of destiny they stand, Each with his feuds, and jealousies, and sorrows. Soldiers are sworn to action; they must win. Some flaming, fatal climax with their lives. Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin They think of firelit homes, clean beds and wives. I see them in foul dug-outs, gnawed by rats, And in the ruined trenches, lashed with rain, Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats, And mocked by hopeless longing to regain Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats, And going to the office in the train. The moon and stars gives off a dream-like trance, as the soldiers reminisce about their old lives, and the tiny images can give you a hint onto what the soldiers old lives were like and how they contrast to their experiences with the war..

[Audio] The theme of the poem shows the depiction of the soldiers feelings and thoughts in the war. They believe that everything is hopeless, with death and grief knocking on their door. They still dream about their peaceful and ongoing lives outside of the war. The title Dreamers can be defined as the hopes and dreams that the soldiers longed for while fighting in the war. They still "dream" even when everything around them is filled with gloom and death..

[Audio] This is the first stanza.. A group of soldiers in a trench AI-generated content may be incorrect..

[Audio] Stanza One includes an ABAB CDCD perfect rhyme scheme..

[Audio] Sassoon also personifies death, as it owns the land being fought on, because of the devastating factors of wars..

[Audio] The metaphor, Soldiers are dreamers does not literally mean they dream during battle but meaning that they wish and hope to get out of this war, or go back to their previous lives..

[Audio] This is the second stanza.. This Riveting Art From the Front Lines of World War I Has ....

[Audio] Stanza two includes an ABABAB perfect rhyme scheme. This is different from the first stanza, maybe to evoke the feeling that the soldier's daydreaming is repeating, and or is feeling closer to home..

[Audio] The repeating word "and" can induce a feeling of anxiety, like a sentence that never starts or ends..

[Audio] Lastly, the personification of rain can also be shown as how harsh the weather was on the trenches..

[Audio] In conclusion, The poem dreamers perfectly conveys a soldiers thoughts during world war one. Though the lost generation in the novel "all quiet on the western front" doesn't have a lot of life to go back to, the older generations wish they could spend more time in their old lives, and how they also suffer shell shock (shown In the line: soldiers are dreamers, when the guns begin.) after their time on the front. That is all. Thank you..