How Did World War One Reflected Society's Attitudes To War?

Wilfred Owen‘s poetry significantly conveys his perspectives on human conflict through his encounters amid the The Great War. Poems such as The Next War and Dulce et Decorum Est. Owen’s poetry is a representation of the conditions soldiers faced within the times of World War I, from 1914 to 1918. These poems depict these perceptions through the use of poetic techniques and features, to communicate serve as a commentary on the human condition as experienced by Wilfred Owen in relation to the violence of war during World War I. There is a distinguished shift from a romantic view of war to a disenchanted, distorted and disillusioned broken man. This is due to his experiences in the war, emphasising on such conflicts, involving, war and disaster,

Literature and poetry are a reflection of society. The words are reflected in numerous feelings that we can almost touch and can be deeply felt in its reach. Most poets expressed their perception and emotion through their writings. Unfortunately the art and poetry describes one of the worst things that human can do to one another. The legalized murder called "war." Hence, this type of self-reflection called "poetry" has help create new fundamental ideas and values towards our society. In this essay, I will discuss the issue of the "War Poetry" during the "Great War" along with comparing and contrasting two talented renowned poets; Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) and Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967).

Wilfred Owen can be considered as one of the finest war poets of all times. His war poems, a collection of works composed between January 1917, when he was first sent to the Western Front, and November 1918, when he was killed in action, use a variety of poetic techniques to allow the reader to empathise with his world, situation, emotions and thoughts. The sonnet form, para-rhymes, ironic titles, voice, and various imagery used by Owen grasp the prominent central idea of the complete futility of war as well as explore underlying themes such as the massive waste of young lives, the horrors of war, the hopelessness of war and the loss of religion. These can be seen in the three poems, ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’, ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ and

I Think during the war the attitude towards the two didn't change much. However later in the years, there attitudes changed for one another. This seems to be an issue with many groups. The childhood friends and acquaintances, and his father’s non-Jewish contacts changed as time went on too. Many people’s actions towards other changed during the war times.

There are many short stories and poems written about the glory of war and the pride and bravery one should feel in dying for one’s country. Jim Northrup and Wilfred Owen are both soldiers who served their country, the former in Vietnam and the latter in World War II. These men’s individual experiences led them to view warfare in a realistic manner that is contrary to the classic image war is allotted. These experiences also led to these two men to write about these realities in the form of poetry. Although “Wahbegan” by Northrup and “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen are two poems written in different time periods, they both represent the bitter thoughts of a soldier who dares to question the age old honor of death in

Wilfred Owen took part in the Great War and has contributed to become the expression of the soldiers through his poetry. This is the reason why his poems are so significant as he experienced the war first hand. He highlights the horrendous experiences of the soldiers both during the war and even after the war. Owen illustrates the mental and physical suffering underwent by the young soldiers, resulting in the deterioration of youth and dehumanisation. He expresses these by the application of various poetic techniques, which explores the intense conditions the soldiers were faced with. This is best conveyed in “Anthem for Doomed Youth”, “Dulce Et Decorum Est”, “Strange Meeting” and “insensibility”. These key themes are then contrasted/supported

‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ and ‘The Soldier’ are two poems that talk about war, specifically World War One. Although both poems have the same topic, the message given are vastly different from each other. Whilst Wilfred Owen emphasises the horrors of war and the severe conditions soldiers were in, in Dulce et Decorum Est, Rupert Brooke glorifies the war and expresses that it is honourable to die for your country. Brooke’s poem is designed to reassure young men that it is noble to die for one’s country whereas Owen’s poem asserts the unpleasant realities of the war.

When you hear the word 'war', do you think of an endless road to death and suffering, or the glory of the fallen soldiers? Wilfred Owen, who wrote the best British poetries based of his experiences from World War I, is recognised for evoking various raw emotions with his realistic depictions of the gruesomeness of war. After he was injured during the 1917 World War, he evacuated to Craiglockhart War Hospital near Edinburgh after being diagnosed with shell shock, and found himself composing many of his masterpieces including the 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'.

World War One was a barbarous and frightening war, with nothing good to come out of it but poems. The men were stuck in trenches hiding away from the bombs and gas, the soldiers found that this was a perfect time to form poems. Two well-known poems that were written during this war were “The Solider,” by Rupert Brooke, and “Anthem for Doomed Youth,” by Wilfred Owen. Rupert Brooke never actually made it to the battle field, but Wilfred Owen did. The two poet’s different encounters of the war may have affected their writing because they two poems have different themes and tones towards the war, but they used similar style and imagery.

Of all the issues in society, none is more persuasive and destructive than war. War tears society apart by destroying cities, homes and much more. The war poem Anthem for doomed youth by Wilfred Owens This classic WWI poem concerns the death of soldiers. As often in war, WWI soldiers typically fought without knowing the real political reasons behind the conflict and went through things that civilians could not understand. This poem aims at the horrifying events that occurred World War 1. This certain genre of poetry containing horrific and very graphic imagery and content was known War poetry this poem retells the armed and sheer helplessness of wounded and terrified soldiers during the events of World War 1.

Wilfred Owen’s representation of the soldier’s mental and physical suffering is confronting because his anti-war stance enables him to reveal the brutal and inhumane reality of the battlefield to the public in order to challenge the social paradigm of going to war is honourable and glorious, the idea that people held during WWI period. This representation of human suffrage is deliberately presented throughout Owen’s poem. His poems, ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’, written in 1920 and ‘Anthem For Doomed Youth’ written in 1917 captures the destructiveness side on soldiers of war. ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ is an account of Owen’s first hand experience of war. This poem illustrates the physical distortion confronted by the soldiers as a result of war.

One such war poet, Wilfred Owen, illustrates his distaste for the realities of war and for Britain’s romanticized and religious depiction of the death of soldiers in his poem “Anthem for Doomed Youth.” Siegfried Sassoon, another wartime poet, expressed similar feelings of disdain for the religious officials who attempted to justify the atrocities of war in his poem “They.” Both Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon utilized various techniques to describe their disillusionment with religion’s attempts to justify or heroicize the horrors of World War I. Both authors used titles and religious imagery to convey the disparity between the brutality of World War I and the justifications for and romanticization of the war promoted by religious ceremonies and officials. Wilfred Owen employed form and meter and auditory imagery to convey the disparity between a soldier’s death in battle and his funeral at home while Siegfried Sassoon emphasized the physical consequences of war and humanized soldiers to subvert the idealized version of war that religious figures espoused.

To begin, World War One was one of the most deadliest and catastrophic wars to mankind, by millions of young men dying for the sake of freedom. Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke were commonly two soldiers who both participated in the war. As there are numerous similarities in both poems and authors similarly, about the same issue of war. The first world war was especially a deadly one with new chemically compounded weapons and machinery that could kill any human being without hesitation. Notably, the trauma these fellow soldiers had to endure was a horrible one full of death and destruction . As it was known in those times and still is the fact if a man doesn't join the armed forces during war time do to patriotism he was considered a coward. The many propagandas of that time to defend your country where everywhere. Onward with the uniforms and honor of becoming a war hero came along with it. It drew many young soldiers to join the war efforts but not many coming back to tell their story. Overall, the topic of war had its great propaganda to amuse others to join the efforts to unknowingly find themselves in a position no one ever wants to be in and the reality of war, lastly, finding the grisly reality of death and destruction.

Good afternoon members of the Australian English literature society, I’m so thankful and privileged to be here today. Throughout many centuries, we have seen the devastation and heartache brought into our lives by the continuous negativity and hate surrounding vicious war attacks. Today I am here to give you an insight into the way that poets through history have used war as a meaningful way source of literature to change and influence the lives of others. The poets in which we will be looking at, are Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke.

Amongst the different genres of poetry that we can find, war poetry has been one which proved to generate great interest from people around the world. The idea of war is in itself very terrible and any individual can confidently say that no one would want to face the horrors of it. However, it was not presented in this manner prior and during the build-up to World War I. It was common to find that many people were sugar coating war with the idea of pride yet they were not discussing the dreadful experiences on the battle fields. This is why poets such as Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon emerged; to react against the propaganda that the people were bombarded with. In this essay, I shall be discussing Wilfred Owen’s and Siegfried Sassoon’s