figurative language allows both poets and writers to exaggerate or alter specific linguistic points of interest. The two poets I will consider for this talk are Wilfred Owen, widely recognized for his war poetry using one of his most popular works Anthem For Doomed Youth, and Elizabeth Jennings One Flesh. Jennings' poetry is known for its spiritual connotations and emotional intensity. The two poems contain a common theme "the loss of youth", but it is only by examining the use of figurative language that we are able to understand the various connotations. Owen's use of figurative language is clearly evident even before studying the body of the text. The ironic title clearly expresses the various themes and underlines the messages. The word "Hymn" generally means a song of praise or celebration and evokes feelings of togetherness. Owen's poem provides anything but a celebratory vision of young men at war. The poem provides stark warnings and contains a didactic message about the reality of war. The rhetorical opening line asks the question "What death knells for those who die like cattle?" Dipped bells were typically rung to acknowledge someone's death. Owen asks who will remember the young soldiers when they die in such large numbers. Taking an in-depth look at Owen's use of simile in the first line "dying like cattle", this creates a comparison between battlefields and a slaughterhouse, with young soldiers treated as expandable objects. Cattle are slaughtered to feed the people, Owen uses this as a focal point for his personal opinion that young soldiers are being used as fuel, fueling the war and allowing the slaughter of soldiers to continue. The use of personification in the drawing…in the center of the paper…creates meaning and form and helps form relationships between the poem and the reader. The two poems initially appear to be opposites. The connotations found by analyzing the figurative language allow the reader to create a single vision between the two poems. Figurative language allows the reader to understand the poems on a personal level. Works Cited Ferguson, Margaret, Mary Jo Salter, and Jon Stallworthy, eds. The Norton Poetry Anthology. 5th ed. New York and London: W. W. Norton, 2005. Jennings, Elizabeth. One flesh. 1966. Ed. Mary Jo Salter and Jon Stallworthy, eds. The Norton Poetry Anthology. 5th ed. New York and London: W. W. Norton, 2005. Owen, Wilfred. Hymn for doomed youth. 1920. Ed. Mary Jo Salter and Jon Stallworthy, eds. The Norton Poetry Anthology. 5th ed. New York and London: WW Norton, 2005.