... image and creates a large contrast of the war. This theme continues with a very calm and natural image as it goes on, 'on Severn river under the blue'. The colloquial language used also emphasises the fact of the unspoiled image of the landscape around them. The 'violets of pride, purple from Severn side' are used very effectively contrasting with the harshness of the war that killed the young man. 'Near Vermand' is another Ivor Gurney poem that uses landscape imagery. In the second line of the poem, the reader talks about' time to watch the stars'. This shows how the landscape was important to escape from the brutality of the war. The 'Cotswold spinnies' are also mentioned giving another contrast to the war. This being because where the soldier is there is war and destruction but by just looking to his left the ideal, woodland Imagery is shown. The landscape image is used ...

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