Poetry is a powerful tool used to exemplify and illustrate a message so inspirational, it will remain in the hearts and minds of one for ever. The new television show ‘Get Poetic’ has allowed the re-introduction of artistic poetry, to continue inspiring thousands of people. As our world faces the potential horrors of war every day, it is important to familiarise people with the apprehension it retains. It is essential a vast audience is introduced to the fascinating work of Bob Dylan on an episode of ‘Get Poetic’. Bob Dylan’s ‘Masters of War’ is a prestigious piece of protest poetry that shocked the world with its fierce vibe, making it an iconic stature. His poems provide the essence of profound messages and display very strong philosophies…
‘You hide in your mansion’, as young people’s blood, flows out of their bodies, and is buried in the mud’. This line creates striking imagery further stirring emotion and portrays a world of evil. The stanza further creates a world so horrific, that people do not want to live in it ‘As young people’s blood, flows out of their bodies, and is buried in the mud’. The ‘Masters of War’ have made the world so threatening all trust is lost further stirring our feelings. This can also been used as a fear factor, if our world continues in this heinous way, we will find ourselves in the situation described by him consequently making people want to take action.
Bob Dylan uses another religious reference, ‘Jesus would never forgive what you do,’ closely connecting to the religious population. Jesus is an iconic person of forgiveness which strongly displays the extremely evil which is being executed by the ‘Master of War,’ whom even Jesus will forgive. The sixth stanza starts with rhetorical questions ‘Is your money that good?
Will it buy you forgiveness’? These rhetorical questions express his opinions and the government’s purpose of the war. Bob Dylan proclaims that the government is doing this for greed and the money gained from the war will not match the lives lost. He very bluntly exclaims they are prioritizing capital gain over the lives that are being slaughtered being a cognitive message to the audience provoking change to the…
