Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen: The Analysis

Anthem for Doomed Youth What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells,<Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/>5 Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs - The shrill, demented choirs of wailing …

…heavy plosive /d/ sounds really drag the ending on and draw the poem to a intentional close. This plosive sounds force the readers to slow down as reading the lines and meant to emphasize this line as a final message in this poem. Therefore, "Anthem for Doomed Youth" is full of noise. It uses subtle use of loud words, real, physical objects, linked in with heavily descriptive words to represent the action in the poem.