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Compare the attitudes to war in the three poems.
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Compare the attitudes to war in the three poems. 'Rule Britannia' was written in 1740. The title 'Rule' causes the reader to think that this is a command by God. Rule Britannia is an extremely patriotic poem which creates the image that Britain is the place of the Lord and Britain is the best. This image is implied by: 'Arose from out the azure land, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung the strain' This quotation would make the reader think that Britain was born from the sea, by guardian angels who are the messengers from God. This implies that God created Britain and how it came out from the sea, so we Britain should rule the sea. Another way that the patriotic image is implied is by the chorus: 'Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Briton never will be slaves.' This leads the reader to think that...
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