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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
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  • Essays 'Three Contrasting Poems ', 1.
  • Essays 'Three Contrasting Poems ', 2.
  • Essays 'Three Contrasting Poems ', 3.
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Choose three contrasting poems that you feel show the difference in the attitudes and experiences of those people who were part of World War One. Analyse them in relation to how they demonstrate the experiences and feelings towards war at the time.
The three poets that I am choosing to write about are, Wilfred Owen, Thomas Hardy, and Rupert Brooke. The reason that the three poems contrast is the tone and content of the poem. Rupert Brooke had idealistic views of the war; his poems were seen as moral support for the soldiers. …

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