Show, through the study of at least four poems, how the poets of the First World War felt about the conflict.
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Show, through the study of at least four poems, how the poets of the First World War felt about the conflict When the Great War broke out in 1914 many young men from all around the world turned to poetry to express their varied emotions about the situation. It is from these poems that we can tell how soldiers felt about the war. After studying many World War One poems there is an obvious difference between the poems that emerged at the beginning of the war to those that surfaced from 1917/1918 when the war was coming to a close. This diversity in war poetry of this time can be explained by looking at the different armies that were fighting at the time. 1914 began with great elaboration with long columns of smiling, eager soldiers parading of to the war with high spirits and no doubts. These first armies were...


