Freewrite:
a)
War: Explosions, Casualties, Guns, Murder, Politics
Gunner: Soldier, Brave, Steady Hand
Attack: Offense, Tactics, Strength,
The color palatte these words bring to my mind is a very limited and dim one. There is no light or brightness and the only thing that isn't greyscale is crimson. The sounds I hear that aren't from weaponry and machines is the yells and screams of those fighting. I think of all know about war and everything I've ever seen, heard, or read about it.
b)
World War II makes me think of the halocaust and the horrors related to it. The whole world is at war for the second time, I can't help but shake that association.
Research:
a)
Ball Turrets looked to be very cramped and uncomfortable. It is very unfortunate for whoever was forced to be a ball turret gunner in WWII and it was probably quite scary. The poem is a lot easier to understand when you take in this information.
b)
Knowing about Randall Jarrell and his experience in the military lets me appreciate the poem more but I do not think its essential to understanding the poem.
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