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First World War - Coggle Diagram
First World War
Life in the Trenches
On the Western Front, soldiers fought mostly in trenches, dug in mud and constantly exposed to rain and heavy artillery.
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Even those opposed to the war often felt guilty if they did not go. The country, once politically and socially divided, suddenly found itself united against a common enemy.
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Suffragettes
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Suffragettes were women who wanted the right to vote, because at that time only men could vote.
Thanks to their fight, in 1918 some women got the right to vote. In 1928, all women over 21 could vote.
WAR POETS
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At first, many poets expressed idealism and enthusiasm, but this quickly turned to bitterness and realism.
Wilfred Owen
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Deeply moved by what he saw, he wrote poems such as Dulce et Decorum Est and Exposure
in which he exposed the lies of romanticised war and described the pain of soldiers with realism and empathy.
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Siegfried Sassoon
started out in support of the war but changed his view dramatically after witnessing the suffering of soldiers.
His poems, such as Suicide in the Trenches, are filled with anger and bitter irony.
In 1917, he published The Soldier’s Declaration, a letter denouncing the political reasons for the war.
Instead of being punished, he was sent to a hospital where he met Owen. Sassoon survived the war and continued writing until his death in 1967.
Rupert Brooke
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Educated and idealistic, he viewed war as a noble duty.
In The Soldier, his most famous poem, he describes dying for one's country as an honour.
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