How do women react to the war in 'war girls' and 'in time of war'?
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How do women react to the war in 'war girls' and 'in time of war'? In this essay I will be comparing the poems 'war girls' and 'in time of war', both written about or during the First World War. I will be exploring the different attitudes of women at the time and different views of the authors. The essay will be split in half, with the first half on 'war girls' and the second on 'in time of war'. The style of war girls itself is upbeat, rhyming and song like, with alternate rhyming slang for the most part. The poem left in my mind a generally happy environment, which is a contrast to 'in time of war', which is slow, non-rhythmic, and in a sombre mood. 'War girls' talks about women coping at home taking on the burden of male jobs as there husbands are away, and 'in time...


