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How the views of Poets on war and patriotism have changed since the 1900s.
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I would like to examine how the views of war and patriotism have changed since the 1900s. To do this I will be studying three poems: "Vitai Lampada" written in 1892 by Henry Newbolt, "Disabled" written by Wilfred Owen during World War 1 and a modern poem called "Why Patriots are a Bit Nuts in the Head" which was written by Roger McGough in the 1960's. Each expresses a different view of war. "Disabled" and "Why Patriots are a Bit Nuts in the Head" show similar views but from very different perspectives, while "Vitai Lampada" is quite patriotic and glorifies war. "Vitai Lampada" conveys the heroic and patriotic values of war. Henry Newbolt suggests that war and defending the British Empire is an important part of everyday life, he also believes that when one soldier dies another is given his soul which he describes as being 'a torch of...
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