War poem essay

I am going to discuss the changing attitudes to war by two World War One poets, by comparing their

poems. I have chosen to compare the poems “Dulce et Decorum est” by Wilfred Owen, which was

written between 1925-1918. The other poem is “The Soldier” written by Rupert Brooke in 1915. Owen

describes war as an unpleasant experience and that dying for your country is not such an amazing and

noble  encounter as  people say. In “The Soldier” the poet tells us that he is willing to die for his

country because he believes he has somewhere amazing to go after death. I think theses two poems are

a very good contrast as the poets have very different views towards the war and show these feelings by

using many different techniques.

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“Dulce et Decorum est” describes a group of soldiers that have spent days crouched in the dirty

treacherous trenches “Bent double” and “we cursed through sludge” emphasises just how dramatic the

trenches must have been. The men were expected to live in so poor conditions some died without

enemy contact. Soldiers lay about the trenches or trampled through the muddy carpet on the trench

floor with tired and aching feet. Some men were so tired Owen described them as walking asleep “men

marched asleep.” There are bombs and guns being fired from every possible ...

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