Poetry Of The First World War
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Poetry Of The First World War The First World War broke out on the 4th of august 1914. It was the first major war in Britain for hundreds of years it sparked fantasies of becoming a war hero in young boys and men's minds and because the government had assured everyone that the war would be over by Christmas, those young boys and men decided to join up in an attempt not to miss the excitement of war. Little did they know that they were being led to an untimely death by the hands of Germany. Poets were also just as patriotic as the men going to die fight. Because of this patriotism the poets wrote about how glamorous the war was and how good it felt to die for ones country. This was all in an attempt along with many others such as propaganda to keep the number of men...


