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THE WAR POETS - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Deals with England, not the war!
        
        about the greatness of England
        
        this society was considered SUPERIOR
      - Doesn't represent the real war
      - is a sonnet
        
        we have the typical balance
      - Extreme nationalism
      - FEATURES
        
        NOTHING TRAGIC
        
        IDEA OF PEACE
        
        "eternal maind"
        
        DEATH
        
        that is linked to the superiority of England
        
        MUSICALITY
        
        given by sweet sounds
        
        linked to the superiority of England
  - - - (perhaps because he never had to participate!)
        
        He was an officer in the navy so he didn't see the battlefield. He died in transit to it due to an infection in Greece in 1915.
        
        HE DIDN'T SEE THE REAL HORROR
- - - - Was in the trenches, he understood the horror of the war
    - - in fact he was in the infantry
  - - - POEM BASED ON THE POET'S EXPERIENCE OF THE HORRORS OF WAR IN THE TRENCHES
        
        CRUEL IMAGES
        
        STRONG SOUNDS
        
        not armony
        
        NEGATIVE IMAGES
        
        CRUEL AND DRAMATIC
        
        PEOPLE LIVE IN THE INNER LIFE BECAUSE THEY ARE ALIENATED
        
        THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING BESIDES TALK TO THEMSELVES
        
        war destroys → in fact these people are passive, they do not act but speak only with their mind since they are alienated.
        
        HE WANTS TO SPREAD AN UNIVERSAL MESSAGE: WAR=HORROR
      - "It is sweet and honourable"
      - It is not a sonnet
        
        we haven't got the balance