Different Attitudes of the First World War as Expressed in Poems by Var

When state of warf are first broke out in 1914 the general perspective towards it was nationalism. Many young men grabbed the venture to exhort for their country and show the women their braveness, they thought they would come back heroes, all the said(prenominal) they did not know what happened beyond the cheerful and brave faces seen in the intelligence papers and the blissful quantify the soldiers had in their letters home. This made some(prenominal) more men go to war. Things gradually changed, death, disease, mud, it had suddenly hit that to fight for your country was not such an honour.Soldiers firstly began to write poesy because poetry was the most important mode of expression for those who were shocked and disillusi championd by the realities of the First World War. I will be discussing five poems indite by well-known war poets such asThe Soldier by Rupert Brooke, Into Battle by Julian Grenfell, Dulce et decorum est by Wilfred Owen, Base details by Siegf ried Sassoon and Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen.Julian Grenfell had some years of editing before becoming a distinguished war poet in his local newspaper. But he had always had his heart fit(p) on being part of the military. He was awarded the Distinguished Service secern in 1914. A year later, 1915, he was wounded in the degree during battle and died later in hospital of shrapnel in the skull. Grenfell had always praised war saying in letters home I adore warit is like a big picnic, its all the best fun one ever dreamed of. Into Battle is a positive poem in which war is glorified. Rupert Brookes war experience consisted of one day of trammel military action with the Hood Battalion during the evacuation of Antwerp. He neer fought in the war as he died on Easter sunshine 1915 aged 28 from blood p... ...many to die but are presumption not burial, they just lie under rubble from buildings and their own strip down serves as their pall? The drawing down of blinds cou ld be the eyes that are shut in mourning, or the eyes that are shut as they die or it could even signify the blinds being drawn at night where a person kneels down to pray for those at war. in that location is either a positive or a negative attitude in war, there is no poet that will write both kinds of poems during the same time, there is always change in view as the time and the battle draws on. In most poems there is a definite sadness, the dreaded images described and the loneliness and feeling of detachment from the world or the patriotism and honour to fight for ones country. There are so many attitudes to war because people feel there are reliable reasons for it, it also depends on what part you play in the war.