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How did the attitudes towards war change over a period of time?
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How did the attitudes towards war change over a period of time? This essay will discuss the way attitudes towards war have changed over a period of time. Famous poets who express the attitude to war current at the time they were writing wrote all the four poems I will discuss and compare. The start of war poetry began during the Roman era with Horace. Horace said "Dulce et Decorum est pro patria mori", this means 'it is sweet and proper to die for ones country'. This is in favour of the war. Horace considered that war is a chance to make a hero of yourself; it is patriotic and heroic to die for your country as you are doing your duty as a citizen of your country. During the Victorian times the most prolific war poet of the time was Tennyson. He agreed with Horace's quote and fully backed this idea...
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