What attitudes do these poets convey towards War and Death

... What attitudes do these poets convey towards War and Death? Throughout the War from 1914 to 1918, poets' attitudes towards war and death changed quite dramatically. During the early years, poets such as Pope and Begbie were endorsed by the Government to portray war as a glorious thing, using a very strong propaganda style. Another similar style of poetry to propaganda was idealism, with many of the same facets. It too aimed to glorify war, but this time portrayed it as holy, and death as a path to Heaven with strong patriotic influences. Finally, during the harder periods of the conflict from 1917 onwards, the realism style began to take a more prominent role. Produced by the soldiers themselves, such as Owen, these poems began to shine a light on the realities and horrors of war and death. It was also closely related with the individualism of some soldier-poets. Jesse Pope's

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