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The First World War changed the way people thought about war and patriotism. Describe and compare the different attitudes to war in two or more of the poems you have studied
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The First World War changed the way people thought about war and patriotism. Describe and compare the different attitudes to war in two or more of the poems you have studied People's attitudes to war have changed dramatically over the last century. Before world war one, war was viewed honourable and patriotic, with people feeling that it was their duty to defend their country at any cost. Pacifism was linked with cowardice. Therefore poetry written before the world war didn't contain the horrific physical detail of injury, but instead most poets concentrated on the heroic aspect of war. Now that people have realised the loss involved with war, poetry is generally anti war and emphasizes brutality, showing war as a last resort with little honour and glory, and showing pacifism as a respectable position. Out of the three war poems I have considered the first is called the Destruction of Sennacherib,...
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