Poem contexts/themes Flashcards
(5 cards)
What are the first poems responses to?
the outbreak of war, romantic responses of young men in the war, showing their heroism without knowing the realities of war
What is the “transitional figure” section of the poems?
a bridge between the naivete of the earlier WW1 poets and the later war experience, deaths start to become a reality
What is the third section of poems about?
the political and different moral positions on war, the poems ‘fight’/’argue’ with one another
What does the cluster of poems written by soldiers show us?
they define our understanding of conflict, they bring a personal perspective to the war, highlighting the true realities they had to go through
What is the last section of poems about?
looking back on the war, reflecting on the losses but also the gains and lessons learnt
