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War poems In this piece of coursework I will be focusing on poetry depicting the sufferings and repercussions of war. The poems I have chosen are based upon the Boer War (1899-1902), and the American Civil War (1861-65). They concentrate on victims of war, thousands o miles from the battlefield, and how the stupidity of the ordeal can draw in innocent casualties. The first poem which I feel portrays the off-field victims of war is 'Come up from the Fields Father' by Walt Whitman. After working in the Civil War as a 'wound dresser' Whitman soon lost his enthusiasm for the war. Here he writes imaginatively about the effects of war on a farming family, who receive a letter from their son, whom will inherit the land one day. The first few stanzas illustrate the peaceful and picturesque Ohio countryside. Brimming with verbs and adjectives such as 'cool', 'sweeten' 'vital', 'ripe', 'deeper...

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