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A Comparison of World War I Poetry
Summary: Compares and contrasts poetry from the first World War. Uses poetry from writers Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. Explores how the war affected the two poets and their work.
Literature and poetry are a reflection of society. The words are reflected in numerous feelings that we can almost touch and can be deeply felt in its reach. Most poets expressed their perception and emotion through their writings. Unfortunately the art and poetry describes one of the worst things that human can do to one another. The legalized murder called "war." Hence, this type of self-reflection called "poetry" has help create new fundamental ideas and values towards our society. In this essay, I will discuss the issue of the "War Poetry" during the "Great War" along with comparing and contrasting two talented renowned poets; Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) and Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967).
We tend to focus on the definition of "War Poetry" as poems that concentrated on the subject of war, which are written during a war that seems to have a noticeable influence on the poet . The crucial...
This section contains 2,634 words (approx. 9 pages at 300 words per page) |
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