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The Changing Role of Poetry in the First World War
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Toby Leckie 6th December 2004 GCSE LITERATURE POST-1914 POETRY ESSAY: The Changing Role of Poetry in the First World War In this essay I will discuss the changing attitudes of poets during the First World War. I will select a range of poems that will cover the early days through to the end of the war and explain how the texts were used for different purposes. I will also show how the language of the poetry went through gradual changes. Poetry written in 1914-1918 about the war had four basic phases: expectation, experience, protest and finally reflection. I will cover all four in this essay. Britain's entry to the war was forced upon us. The army was sent into action after Germany threatened Belgium, a country we had promised to be allies with, Britain seemed to dive into an unplanned and very vulnerable situation. The people seemed to have no idea of what was about to...
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