Poetry from World War 1.
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Poetry from World War 1 EASTER MONDAY BY Eleanor Farjeon What comes immediately to mind when reading this poem is it has no real use of rhythm or rhyme as its more like an entry in a diary or a letter that the writer knows will never be sent? Or received such as when the writer says "there are three letters that you will not get." I think this because it's the eve of the coming battle and the soldier may die and may never get the letters. The use of images in Easter Monday are not really used all that much "The apple-bud was ripe" is one and I think that this helped me to imagine what the garden is like with the apple tree growing and the apples being picked and sent to the soldier at war I think this would have made the soldier...

