Three World War I Poems

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  • Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
  • In honor of the Armistice centenary, immerse yourself in a rich visual experience of World War I through an artful interpretation of three soldier’s poems, ranging from a rousing calls-to-arms, to a sobering realistic nature poem, to a famous dramatization of terror and disillusionment. The Poetry Foundation and Manual Cinema present this animated short to bring these relevant poems to life.

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  • @kaylabrownell1268
    @kaylabrownell1268 Месяц назад +3

    I was wanting to enlist in the army after I graduated from HS 2008, my Mom and Dad chewed me out for wanting to. My Dad is a veteran from the Vietnam war, he never talks about it, but he said my mind and heart would be shattered if I was sent out to fight. "You're a good kid, I don't want to end up like me after you come home. Go to college, get your dream job here."

  • @Afrancis16
    @Afrancis16 3 года назад +10

    If only more people knew about the horrors of World War 1, IMO it was worse for the soldiers then the second world war. May these poor souls rest in peace.

  • @OxfordCommaEducation
    @OxfordCommaEducation 5 лет назад +33

    Absolutely heartbreaking poems. So important that they continue to be read though.

  • @AbsolXGuardian
    @AbsolXGuardian 4 года назад +83

    The way the poems were linked together was perfect. The soldier from the Owl imagines and remembers what the soldiers who could not get leave had to experience Dulce Et Decorum Est. The solders who die in Dulce Et Decorum Est are turned into propaganda with Flanders Field.

    • @lalitjena1191
      @lalitjena1191 3 года назад +3

      And the ending speaks of the never-ending, ever-repeating loop that this constructs. Truly amazing.

  • @DankaTheShitposter
    @DankaTheShitposter 2 месяца назад +2

    I haven't seen anything so tragic and hard hitting like this in so long, thank you

  • @coffeeandcakes1
    @coffeeandcakes1 5 лет назад +40

    The three poems are : The Owl d'Edward Thomas then 04'04 Dulce et DEcorum Est, then 6'19 Flanders Fields.... Thanks for this excellent job on such a sad subject :)

    • @AlbertSchram
      @AlbertSchram 5 лет назад +4

      Index:
      Poem 1 [01:33]
      Poem 2 [04:04]
      Poem 3 [06:10]

  • @mitchtrevino
    @mitchtrevino 4 года назад +11

    this is so much better than it gets credit for

  • @dureremu5897
    @dureremu5897 4 года назад +15

    Simply amazing. This truly breathes new life into these poems, it’s like I’m hearing them for the first time.

  • @jatkinson3938
    @jatkinson3938 4 года назад +7

    great animation. Good to see the creatitvity of these poets is being kept alive. A creativity that is hardly matched these days in terms of their writing and skill

  • @Abiimcb
    @Abiimcb 10 месяцев назад +3

    This will always be one of the most emotional videos i have ever watched on youtube

  • @lauriej.5706
    @lauriej.5706 4 года назад +7

    Excellent readings and presentations of the poems. I was sorry they didn't include the Alan Seeger poem, "I Have A Rendezvous With Death." The literary world took a hit from those lost in WWI. A great film. Thanks for posting.

  • @LukasKlein
    @LukasKlein 3 года назад +6

    This is an absolute masterpiece, love the style of it and of course the poems too

  • @YAY1-I-LOVE-UPPIES
    @YAY1-I-LOVE-UPPIES 7 месяцев назад +2

    The eye of an owl was creepy but good

  • @froggassy
    @froggassy 4 года назад +8

    Could you guys put a subtitle in there? i can't barely understand what they're saying without subtitle cause english is not my first language. I do love this video though, it's beautiful yet sad

  • @TheAdvertisement
    @TheAdvertisement 3 года назад +5

    And it's a never ending cycle... some come back, scarred for life, while others die in battle. Yes as they die, their deaths are twisted into propaganda to get more to go, and keep feeding young men the lie of Dulce et decorum est
    pro patria mori.

  • @schoenberg2974
    @schoenberg2974 3 года назад +4

    Dulce et decorum eat has become my favorite poem of all time

    • @West_Coast_Mainline
      @West_Coast_Mainline 3 года назад +1

      Same

    • @Afrancis16
      @Afrancis16 3 года назад

      What does it translate too?

    • @schoenberg2974
      @schoenberg2974 3 года назад

      @@Afrancis16 it means “it is sweet and fitting”

    • @Afrancis16
      @Afrancis16 3 года назад

      @@schoenberg2974 Yeah I noticed the translation on the screen shortly after i made the comment, thanks for replying though.

  • @frankeimer3906
    @frankeimer3906 4 месяца назад

    Thankyou for upload and a true poetry. From this older Canuck viewer.

  • @championjosh3536
    @championjosh3536 5 лет назад +5

    Great work! Well done

  • @erikavalenciana
    @erikavalenciana 5 лет назад +5

    Beautiful!!

  • @fabulousprasad
    @fabulousprasad 2 года назад +1

    Absolutely amazing piece of work!

  • @harriett9910
    @harriett9910 4 года назад +5

    We are studying these poems at school
    All of them are so heartbreaking! ❤️

  • @atanasijesimic4651
    @atanasijesimic4651 4 месяца назад

    Amazing presentation

  • @schoenberg2974
    @schoenberg2974 4 года назад +5

    Hey, does anyone know the name of the song the military recruiter is playing in the video?

    • @sophiavex5
      @sophiavex5 4 года назад +1

      I’m trying to find it too

    • @elshow8835
      @elshow8835 4 года назад +5

      It's "Good Morning Mr. Zip-Zip-Zip" sung by Eugene Buckley! (Arthur Fields has also done a recording, again from 1918.)

    • @sophiavex5
      @sophiavex5 4 года назад +1

      @@elshow8835 thank you!

  • @Mrdede1998
    @Mrdede1998 5 лет назад +2

    Beautiful.

  • @meandmore_
    @meandmore_ 5 дней назад

    Incredible

  • @FlatBlack-u8p
    @FlatBlack-u8p 3 месяца назад

    Very nice! I would like to use your video as a backdrop, for the poem. Dulce et decorum est. How do I contact you?

  • @RogerBaswell
    @RogerBaswell 3 года назад +1

    Wonderful work

  • @verttsss9090
    @verttsss9090 3 года назад +3

    I saw this at school today

  • @salmashafik2709
    @salmashafik2709 Год назад

    Is that 3 poems together , it was amazing but I just want 1 separated poem ... can anyone help me to recognise just the first poem in the video???? Please it's very important for me !!!

  • @alekiejloiacono
    @alekiejloiacono 7 месяцев назад

    It's okay It's okay Is so exotic🩷❤️🫂

  • @abdalsalaama-lmoosamian7507
    @abdalsalaama-lmoosamian7507 2 года назад

    Keep on the good work

  • @stevebaibak6038
    @stevebaibak6038 5 лет назад

    Wow! Bammo!

  • @JoeCheekRacing
    @JoeCheekRacing 4 года назад +1

    Who’s here from miss Middleton 🤣🤣

  • @yoloswaggxd4574
    @yoloswaggxd4574 2 года назад

    The music ruined it

  • @Lyingleyen
    @Lyingleyen 4 года назад +1

    Reading = excellent, animation = good, music = rubbish.

    • @WordslingingStephen
      @WordslingingStephen 3 года назад

      The music was good, I just found at the beginning of "The Owl" that it was louder than the narrator, so I stopped listening. I wish sound editors would learn to, when mixing music with narration or dialogue, keep the music at a lower volume so the voice-over and or dialogue can be heard more clearly.

    • @amelius0984
      @amelius0984 3 года назад

      It’s supposed to be provoking and intrusive for the effect mate

  • @ILLSmak
    @ILLSmak Год назад

    I am insulted that poetry magazines used Covid to charge reading fees. It’s not our fault you can’t manage your business. Put up a donation site or is poetry in such a sad state? So much poetry so much inefficiency and now you gotta pay so people will read your work. I never paid never will. This is a turning point in history and you are charging reading fees, what is systematic racism. Nah, but think about it. Put up a donation site say for the future of the world and writing and start publishing more. What is the disconnect?
    If your interns can’t handle it, get new ones. Art is essential life. So sad.

  • @JedAnimationStudios
    @JedAnimationStudios 5 лет назад +126

    This...was tragic, heartbreaking, terrifying, and jawdropping. This is a fitting portryal of one of histories most devastating wars. Please keep doing your amazing work!

    • @West_Coast_Mainline
      @West_Coast_Mainline 3 года назад +2

      Brilliantly put my friend

    • @WhatIsYoutubeBruh
      @WhatIsYoutubeBruh 11 месяцев назад

      As this was, very depressing as you can see some people weren’t able to put on the gas mask, as i thought, how traumatising you be one of those people that knew, there was nothing to do, as they watched. As they knew, that man begging as All that pain. How terrifying that some people went through long death.

  • @davidhamlin8024
    @davidhamlin8024 5 лет назад +24

    Bravo Manual Cinema. I am so inspired by your work. Thank you for this....

  • @dougddir
    @dougddir 5 лет назад +17

    So proud of Drew and Sarah and Manual Cinema.

  • @alexanderseitz4193
    @alexanderseitz4193 5 лет назад +9

    I think I'll use this in my history class. Thanks!

  • @JArmani22
    @JArmani22 5 лет назад +4

    That was Amazing I’m very inspired

  • @ecb2028
    @ecb2028 Год назад +3

    MY HISTORY TEACHER USED THIS AND IT WAS SO HELPFUL 🙏

    • @ecb2028
      @ecb2028 Год назад

      like to understand the war

  • @ComicsandLit
    @ComicsandLit 2 года назад +1

    I love the cartoon cut out feel of the visuals. I've thought about trying this, but it's a little out of my comfort zone.

  • @kish9836
    @kish9836 Месяц назад

    This is very well-made. It was very touching, frightening, and almost... Overwhelming. Thank you for this.

  • @kronixdowsey6908
    @kronixdowsey6908 3 года назад +1

    I've linked this video to my Teams lesson and the teacher loved it

  • @phsal5182
    @phsal5182 Год назад +1

    amazing work!

  • @francienalaimo7383
    @francienalaimo7383 5 месяцев назад

    I do feel that the stark, austere purity of the poetry is not enhanced this - it only requires a good reader

  • @Francisco-ix1js
    @Francisco-ix1js 18 дней назад

    Does anyone know the name of the second song ?

  • @grantzamboanga7188
    @grantzamboanga7188 3 года назад

    powerful.

  • @gnarmarmilla
    @gnarmarmilla 2 года назад

    Dear Poetry Foundation, please hear my critisicsm on how you chose to present the first poem. It was unwise to detract from the heroe's words with all the horror movie shrieks and macabre imagery which you used to help the viewer see his experience as exceedingly horrific and miserable, but I was struggling to hear his words because I was overwhelmed by the noise. Truly,, you could have done a better job of letting the poet convey his message through his poetry alone. I really appreciate the cardboard figures and settings you did, it has an aesthetic appeal that is very useful, but from a man like myself who enjoys writing rhyms and poetic messages, I would encourage you to be more diligent to not detract from the poet's work in any way when you do something like this.
    I imagined the soft low voice of the Poetry Foundation guy reading this, the guy whos name I cannot find, the one I used to hear on the radio every day I drove home from work about 12 years ago, and I thought it would be more dramatic and emotional than this work because a person would likely focus more on what was being said. Surely, this was your aim, but I tell you, you missed the target.
    WW1 was such an exceedingly terrible tragedy in all of human history that modern society really needs to have more discussions about so that we can honor the fallen heroes and innocent civilians as well as work to avoid another tragedy if this kind, you know? I am thankful that you are doing things like this. Please keep it up and may God bless you to do so.
    Love, peace and grace from heaven to you all.