Protest Poetry
Protest poetry and songs have been written all throughout history and even into the present day. Even though there are many differences in the protest poetry including theme, style and language they all seem to retain one feature. They all aim to get a message across and in doing so, engage their audience and inform them about a particular issue. Some protest poetry and songs which have stood out include; Beach Burial written by Kenneth Slessor, Home-coming written by Bruce Dawe, Six young men written by Ted Hughes and I was only nineteen which is a song by Redgum. Each of these poems or songs are written about war and its' tragic effects however each poet or lyricist has engaged its audience in various, yet effective, ways to get their similar messages across.
In the poem Beach Burial by Kenneth Slessor we are described a scene of a beach where thousands of victims of war have floated in. We can tell that Slessor is protesting about the cold meaning and reality of war as we......
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