First World War poets

“The soldier” by Rupert Brooke

Death of a man who thinks to England, his country. This is in another country and he is

thinking to his death. Death is a remote possible because there’s “if”. Experience of

the First World War this, as an important role in the public opinion and this was

completely different from Victorian Age idea. The first time that this happens. He is

away from his mother country. He is thinking and writing before the war started. He

was thinking of peace of England and there’s the representation of the greatest of

England. The English soldier could make bigger and richer Britain. Quite atmosphere,

enthusiastic by the idea of fight for his nation. He was in the mind of England and he

was created to be an English man, he will be a winner. England is personified in this

poem. The soldier is totally devoted to the mother country. He dedicated his life.

England is compared to the heart of the soldier. He is destined to fight for England.

“Dulce et decorum est” by Wilfred Owen

They are in terrible condition and they are suffering a lot. They try to protect

themselves. Body is consumed. Poverty of human soul. Death is what recurred in mind

of who writes. This poem is an example of nationalism and heroism. Patriotism is

ended. There’s the description of what an attack is. There’s not the glory of the past,

they lost values, they are obliged to fight because it’s a decision of the government.

Horror was not contemplated before the experience of living in trenches. There are

visual and auditory images because there is the sound of the war and they don’t have

physical strength to escape because there’s an attack. It’s an extremely realistic

description of the condition of soldiers during the first world war. They are rising their

life. The poet used a lot of adjective to describe the terrible situation of soldiers.

There’s only sufferance. We can know exactly what war was thanks to this poem. It’s

the first time that this happens. Terrible cycle that have not an ended, there’s isolation

and they lost their identity. Stagnation: what is determined by this situation. The

horror experience of this people is completely different from the horror lived in the

Victorian Age or by the romantics. They change their life style. The situation is not

common and it’s used to stress the scene and the difficulty. Every single element

seemed to be not real. The members of the government are responsible of the

sufferance of these persons. It’s a realistic description.