About war poets...
War is an interesting environment for a poet. A war poem usually reflects around what feelings a soldiers goes trough during war.
In the beginning of WW1, poets where brought up in a romantic era, where dignity was more relevant to write about when it came to war. Their expectation to the war was different from what they experienced throughout the period. Machine guns and tanks was a surprise to many young soldiers, and a change in character of war fare. The “anti-war” poems slowly became more common as the war showed it's horrible and tragic sides.
Siegfried Sassoon was a poet with a very powerfull meaning about war. He among few other poets, survived the war. He was later hospitalized.
Nice touch with the video! Many good points in your article!
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