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Compare and contrast the ways in which the changing relationship between those on the front line and those at home is presented in Birdsong and The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry.
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Coursework Essay In November 1917 Owen wrote bitterly, "These men are worth / Your tears. You are not worth their merriment". Compare and contrast the ways in which the changing relationship between those on the front line and those at home is presented in Birdsong and The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry. A consistent theme manifested by many of the trench poets was one of detachment which separated those at war from those at home. Although both soldiers and civilians were united in feeling at the start of the war, this patriotism soon faltered as the soldiers realised the truth of war. However, a gulf was created by this detachment, exacerbated by the media's diluted portrayal of the reality of this experience, causing a potent and impenetrable sense of ignorance in the attitudes pertaining to the war for those who did not witness this truth themselves. This progression of the...
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