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Studied First world War poems from "War Poems" by C. Martin. Considered them in the social, historical and cultural context of the time.
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4th February 2002 How were different attitudes to the First World War reflected in the poetry of the period? Task - Studied First world War poems from "War Poems" by C. Martin. Considered them in the social, historical and cultural context of the time. Conditions - Done in class In 1914 England declared war on Germany, at the time Lord Kitchener was made Minister of War. He started up a great campaign to sign up men top the army. He believed that what England needs the most to win the war was men. So he started to try and persuade the male population to sign up. This was done in many ways such as in music halls. There were women up on stage singing song about signing up for the armed forces, they would give a reward of a kiss to those who signed up then and there. They also used posters and...
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