Both poets use vivid imagery to present a theme of conflict in different ways. Whilst Armitage uses personification to portray the conflict between humans and physical things, Owen uses metaphors to cunjure feelings and ideas to the reader. In ‘Out of the blue’, Armitage talks about the ‘driving’ heat, this word evokes the image of a wildly fast fire rampaging toward the narrator. Owen also describes the fire as ‘bullying’ which reminds us of the conflict between two people where one person dominates over the other.

Owen on the other hand,