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How do both poets present their attitudes and concerns about the wars?
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How do both poets present their attitudes and concerns about the wars? The first poem that I have analysed is "Dulce et Decorum Est" written by Wilfred Owen in 1917 during world war one. Owen has a very negative view of war this is probably because he had experienced war first hand. The tile of the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" may be seen as sarcastic and this would have been aimed at a woman called Jessie Popes. Jessie Popes wrote poems which would try and persuade young men to fight for there country. Popes would compare war to a "game" this annoyed Owen so to try and tell the people of Britain what war is really like Owen wrote a series of poems. The most well known of these are "Dulce et Decorum Est" and "Exposure". My Other poem that I have analysed is "Charge of the Light Brigade" written...
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