Voices in the War in“Naming of Parts”and“Plato Told”

摘要

“Naming of Parts”and“plato told”are two poems written respectively by Henry Reed and E.E.Cummings during the Second World War.“Naming of Parts”depicts the opposition and assimilation of two voices in the poem while“plato told”features the contrast between the silenced voices and an accentuated voice in the poem.The two poems suggest that submitting oneself to the speech pattern typical of military personnel leads to the loss of one’s voice,individuality,and ultimately one’s life.Overall,these two poems reveal the connection between a person’s voice and individuality in a war and demonstrate a clear antiwar attitude.