Thursday, May 30, 2019

How are differing attitudes to war expressed in the poetry of WWI :: English Literature

How argon differing attitudes to war expressed in the poetry of WWI that you have read? You should equalise England to her sons with Dulce et decorousness Est.How are differing attitudes to war expressed in the poetry of WWI thatyou have read? You should compare England to her sons with Dulce et decorousness Est. You may refer to other poems. Remember to cut into theinfluence of historical contents on the poets viewpoints.In this poem I am going to compare two poems from WorldWar I. The to poems that I will be comparing are England to her sonsand Dulce et Decorum Est. England to her sons was written by W.N.Hodgson in 1914, Dulce et decorum est was written by Wilfred Owen in1918. These two poems that I am going to study have very differentideas towards the war.In the poem England to her sons the attitude towards the war is verypro-war, however Dulce et Decorum Est is very anti-war. England toher sons is pro-war because it was written at the beginning of war in1914 and was trying to get men to enlist for the army. Dulce etDecorum Est is anti-war because it was written during the war in 1918and so the poet will have go through the war and is trying to tellthe public what war is really like. England to her sons uses a lotof propaganda, for example, Free in service, when you are at war youare not free in service, you do what you are told and this is the samewith any service, also this poem is telling us how to feel about war.In Dulce et Decorum Est no propaganda is used because the poet istrying to portray the real image of war.Each poem has very different themes in England to her sons one ofthe themes is propaganda but in Dulce et Decorum Est there is atheme of the lies of propaganda, The old Lie Dulce et decorum estpro patria mori. (Meaning It is sweet and meet to die for yourcountry) and it is saying that this is all a lie. In England to hersons another theme is men to enlist, I hear you thrilling to thetrumpet call of war, people are not thrilled at the new s of war andtrumpets do not call. The poet is trying to make the start of war ajoyous occasion. Also in England to her sons another theme is state and duty of war, Steeled to suffer uncomplaining but

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