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war poets - Coggle Diagram
war poets
charactteristic
described the war from the inside
composed poetry in the trenches
WW1
volunteered to fight and died young
rupert brooke, "the soldier"
poem showing war as clean and cleansing
proud soldier wishing to die for mother land
favourable and enthousiastic about war
themes
sacrifice
nationalism
patriotism
death as a value for the soul
Owen, "dulce et decorum est"
themes:
horrors of the war
anti-war movement
critic to war propaganda
awakening of peoples conscience
picture from the british trenches attacked with gas
against war --> harsh and strong critique
the old lie
from Horatio
it is not honorable to die in war