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The End of the War is Just the Beginning
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The End of the War is Just the Beginning In the world of poetry, the most inspirational topics are often the most tragic. War is one of those subjects that evoke a bottomless well of stories, opinions, and emotions. "Leningrad Cemetery, Winter of 1941" and "Dulce et Decorum Est" are two examples of poems centered around battle with different perspectives on war itself. In the poem "Leningrad Cemetery, Winter of 1941," author Sharon Olds gives an account of a visit to a burial site where hundreds of dead bodies lay, victims of the siege on the city of Leningrad in World War II. The image is further darkened by the fact that since the ground is frozen, the corpses are unable to be buried. The overall effect created by this poem is to show the brutality of that time on and off the battlefield, as well as to convey the message...
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