War poetry.
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English coursework Throughout the early years of war the poem is Cleary viewed as if it were written for war (pro-war), seeking for men to join the army and persuading them its their duty. A lot of good persuasion is used throughout the early poetry to attract men's attention and encourage men to want to join; "Lads, you're wanted! Over there". In the poem fall in, he is persuading men to want to join the army, but missing out all bad points of the war. In this poem he shows the attitude people with have with him (people in general) if he weren't to join. He would be looked down on, frowned upon if he didn't recruit. " What will you lack, sonny, what will you lack", throughout this particular poem it is talking about after the war, and how men who did join up were looked upon as heroes....


