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The Poems of World War One Can Be Broadly Divided into Three Waves of Sentiment: Recruitment, Experience and Futility - Using at least one poem from each category, show how the attitudes to war changed and are reflected in the work of the war poets.
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The Poems of World War One Can Be Broadly Divided into Three Waves of Sentiment: Recruitment, Experience and Futility. Using at least one poem from each category, show how the attitudes to war changed and are reflected in the work of the war poets. I find poetry from the First World War particularly interesting because for many men, war was something far off, which they knew nothing about. Whilst warfare has inspired art in every form; the First World War has undoubtedly been the source of a greater collection of work than any other event of similar magnitude. As I have said, this was probably due to the fact that Britain had not been included in warfare for a while. Possibly one of the most interesting things about First World War poetry is the definite shift in attitude towards war that may be observed. Most of the poetry falls under three headings (recruitment, experience...
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