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How does Owen stress the true horror of the First World War, and how is his poetry influenced by the work of propaganda poets such as Harold Begbie and Jessie pope
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How does Owen stress the horrors of the First World War, and how is his poetry a reaction to the propagandist poets such as Begbie and Pope? When World War One broke out in 1914 Britain had only a small professional army. It needed a large one very quickly. In order to solve this problem the government would introduce conscription in 1916. However, before the introduction of conscription the government would put a tremendous amount of social pressure onto the young men of Britain to volunteer to join the army. The government began a massive recruitment drive, with posters, leaflets, recruitment offices in every town and stirring speeches by government ministers. Not only this many newspapers would include poems written as a means of shaming men into joining the army. For example, the poem "Fall In" by Harold Begbie would make those who did not join the army feel ashamed....
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