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Comment on how attitudes towards war have changed over the centuries I do not believe that the above statement is entirely true and rather think that the poets writing the poems have a much more direct effect, and that their perception of war is dependant on their past experiences and influences their writing. I do however think that in modern day times people are more alert to the evil nature of war, which has an affect of post 19th century poetry. The poem 'Henry V at the siege of Harfleur' could show that war used to be much more patriotic, in England's past in comparison to the 'send off'. Although I think that if one was to look further into both poems they would realise the following Henry V glorifies soldiers and the work which they do in order to help their country. Henry compares the soldiers to England's greatest martyrs such as...

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