Choose a selection of poems written during World War One - With close reference to the text show how each poet expresses his view of the war and how this, in turn, reflects the historical context of his writing.
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Choose a selection of poems written during World War One. With close reference to the text show how each poet expresses his view of the war and how this, in turn, reflects the historical context of his writing I have chosen four poems on the subject of World War One. Each of my chosen poems is from the individual point of view. The poem written during the middle of the war is in complete contrast to the post war and pre war poems. The middle war poem is about a soldier who can not cope anymore with the war situation; this is contrary to my other chosen poems as the post war poem is posing the rhetorical question - What is war for? The pre war poem is about a soldier willing to give his life. My chosen poems are The Soldier by Rupert Brooke this poem was written before the war, Suicide...

