War Poetry Pre-1914
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War Poetry Pre-1914 War is the most destructive event that can take place in the world. War doesn't just affect the soldiers fighting in them; it affects their families and innocent civilians. Countries are left crippled, socially and economically. Land is left devastated and many cities are totally destroyed. Look at what the affects of one atom bomb caused at Hiroshima. Many questions are raised when talking about war. Why are wars fought when humans have the means to negotiate? In 'religious' countries why do they have such a disregard to the rules in their holy book, when it comes to war? I think the question which gets everybody thinking is: When the mental and physical horrors of war are so terrible, what attracts so many young men to fight? In this coursework I am going to analyse a variety of different poems. Some poems talk about the honour of war...


