War poetry - different poets attitudes to war.
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INTRODUCTION War! Some people think war is a good thing, some people think it is a bad thing. One of those people who thought it was a bad thing was William Sherman. He once said 'I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell! Over the last couple of weeks we have studied war poetry. We have studied a number of different poems written by different poets and written during different wars. All the poets have a different opinion of war. Some poets think war is a good thing and encourage people to go to war but other poets write about how bad war is. I am going to compare and contrast seven different poems which will...



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