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Referring to First World War Poetry, Explain Who was the real enemy?
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Who was the real enemy? In every single war, we know that there are enemies, enemies so we have people to blame. It is obvious that we should blame the enemies. Who would not? So why, in the First World War poetry, were the Germans not blamed as much as they should have been? Poems such as "Dulce et decorum est", "Does it matter?" and "Base details" have no mention of the Germans but surprisingly, seem to be blaming their family, their supporters, the encouragers and also their own officers. These are the people worrying about their husbands, brothers and fathers, the people who are waiting to know whether they have lost a family member, the people who are proud of their men or otherwise ashamed, the people who use the word "coward" as a weapon to force their men to fight. These are the guilty people. The poem Dulce et decorum...
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