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Compare and contrast Recruitment Poems with those written from the trenches of World War One
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Compare and contrast Recruitment Poems with those written from the trenches of World War One Vicky Bishop World War One was the first of its kind, with almost every country in the world involved. The war lasted for over four years from 1914 to 1918. Millions fought and millions were lost thus it is referred to as the Great War. Due to the massive loss of recruits a campaign was started to encourage people to sign up. They used poems, posters and catchy slogans to convince people war was glorious and they would return heroes. This campaign had the desired effect, more people than ever signed up. Recruitment poems were design to recruit people into the armed forces. Poems became increasingly popular to the young men of Britain and soon had their own column set-aside for them in newspapers. Most poems of this type maintain good rhythm to make...
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