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    The poem, “John Brown”, written by Bob Dylan doesn’t focus on any particular war. The poem highlights the physical and emotional exhaustion which all war victims undergo as a result of it. War ravages each and everyone, marking an end to civilization. The poem appeals universally as the glorificatioRead more

    The poem, “John Brown”, written by Bob Dylan doesn’t focus on any particular war. The poem highlights the physical and emotional exhaustion which all war victims undergo as a result of it. War ravages each and everyone, marking an end to civilization. The poem appeals universally as the glorification of war has been criticized in the poem and has resonated with all the war victims.

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    “John Brown” is an anti-war poem. The sufferings faced by the soldiers is brought forth through this poem. The poem normalizes the flawed idealization of war to be heroic. Was is not a solution for peace. Read summary of John Brown

    “John Brown” is an anti-war poem. The sufferings faced by the soldiers is brought forth through this poem. The poem normalizes the flawed idealization of war to be heroic. Was is not a solution for peace.

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    No, the protagonist, John Brown is not proud of war. He believes war to be futile as it is not the solution to peace. Read summary of John Brown

    No, the protagonist, John Brown is not proud of war. He believes war to be futile as it is not the solution to peace.

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    Bob Dylan has written the poem, “John Brown” as a sign of protest. He is against the glorification of war and critiques the people who take part in glorifying war like John Brown’s mother in the poem. This is an anti-war poem, highlighting the physical and mental trauma all war victims undergo. He hRead more

    Bob Dylan has written the poem, “John Brown” as a sign of protest. He is against the glorification of war and critiques the people who take part in glorifying war like John Brown’s mother in the poem. This is an anti-war poem, highlighting the physical and mental trauma all war victims undergo. He has written this poem to show that war is not about medals and glory but human sacrifice and emotional exhaustion.

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    The message of the poem, which Bob Dylan, wants to convey is the destruction war creates on the lives of the soldiers, both mentally and physically. The soldiers undergo physical and emotional exhaustion while fighting in a war. John Brown realizes while he is fighting in the war that he is either kRead more

    The message of the poem, which Bob Dylan, wants to convey is the destruction war creates on the lives of the soldiers, both mentally and physically. The soldiers undergo physical and emotional exhaustion while fighting in a war. John Brown realizes while he is fighting in the war that he is either killing a human being or die trying. War changes a person. He himself undergoes several harm, barely coming out alive, with his face all shot up and his hand all blown up. The people like his mother are ignorant about the horrors of the war and hence, glorifies war.

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    The poem The Frog and the Nightingale by Vikram Seth gives an important lesson that every person must understand his/her own abilities and talents and not be fooled by a critic who may not have the best intentions. One must develop self-confidence and belief in one’s own potential. The Nightingale,Read more

    The poem The Frog and the Nightingale by Vikram Seth gives an important lesson that every person must understand his/her own abilities and talents and not be fooled by a critic who may not have the best intentions. One must develop self-confidence and belief in one’s own potential.

    The Nightingale, in spite of being a very good singer, lacks confidence in itself and falls prey to the greedy and jealous frog who first exploits its skills by charging it for training and then ultimately becomes the reason for its death. Had the nightingale believed in itself, the situation would have been different.

    People nowadays fail to recognise their talents and also lack confidence in themselves. Hence, they fail in their lives though they have talent.

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