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In Flanders Fields by John McCrae, and Suicide In The Trenches by Siegfried Sassoon, Compare and contrast the different attitudes to war expressed by the poets and the techniques used to convey them."
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English Coursework Poetry "Select two of the poems you have studied. Compare and contrast the different attitudes to war expressed by the poets and the techniques used to convey them." The two poems, which I have chosen, are, "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae, and "Suicide in the Trenches" by Siegfried Sassoon. The poems take opposing views to the war. "In Flanders Fields" we find McCrae taking a positive, almost religious and very sensitive view about the outcome of war. Whilst in comparison, in "Suicide in the Trenches", Sassoon portrays a negative, harsh, cynical and angry view. "In Flanders Fields" McCrae writes about his views on what happens after dying in war. It is a very personal poem, emphasised by being written using the personal pronouns; "we and our", rather than impersonal; "them and their". This involves the reader by in a way, including them in the poem. The poem also imparts a strong...
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