World War Poetry Comparison

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War poems often express the experiences soldiers lived during the battle. It portrays their struggles, their thoughts, their sacrifices, their feelings and what not. This was pretty common in World War I and World War II days. One may think poems in both times should be much alike since the main theme is about war and the main problem is death and sacrifices. There sure are similarities theme-wise between poems of both time periods, but interestingly enough there are several differences between them. For instance, we can see these differences in poems such as The Soldier (World War I poem) and Naming of Parts (World War II poem.

The Soldier, written by Rupert Brooke, is a very optimistic poem. It expresses a soldier's patriotism towards his country, England. He states that it doesn't matter if he dies in combat because he will contribute to the conquering of more lands for his motherland. He seems fine with the idea of dying. Better said, he is peaceful with death. Additionally, no anti-war message is conveyed in the poem. To make story short, the speaker who is a soldier, is really proud of England and is willing to do anything for "her”. …show more content…

The speaker, who is also a soldier, is inexperienced in the battlefield, and seems unfocused and not interested with the idea of going to war. This is because every time his instructor explains the squad how to handle a firearm, he relates his words to the natural world. In other worlds, he thinks about normal settings in nature. The tone is very ironic which also suggests a not very patriotic point of

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