WW1 poetry, what were the attitudes of going to war before the war started?

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I know people wanted to go etc because it was good for the nation
They thought they'd be home for Christmas, but I need more reasons...
they're views changed during the war and this is shown in the poetry
 
Depends on the poet. The author of the poem "Trees", Joyce Kilmer, died during that war. I think he wrote some war poetry as well.
The poem "In Flanders Fields", by John McRae, hits pretty hard too.

Some went to war to be heroes. Some were drafted. Some didn't want to go at all. Those who hadn't seen war before thought it would be glorious, while the veterans knew it would be horrible. It's a recurring theme throughout history.
 
The attitude was that dying for your country made you a hero and was sweet and good. I don't know if you studied the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est", but that poem is great for this. Young soldiers were told this lie (that it was good to die for your country) by the recruiters in an attempt to get as many people to enlist in the army as possible. The poet of this poem, Wilfred Owen, explains in the poem that dying in war is not good, but is brutal and made a lot of young soldiers realise that they had been tricked.
 
The attitude was that dying for your country made you a hero and was sweet and good. I don't know if you studied the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est", but that poem is great for this. Young soldiers were told this lie (that it was good to die for your country) by the recruiters in an attempt to get as many people to enlist in the army as possible. The poet of this poem, Wilfred Owen, explains in the poem that dying in war is not good, but is brutal and made a lot of young soldiers realise that they had been tricked.
 
Depends on the poet. The author of the poem "Trees", Joyce Kilmer, died during that war. I think he wrote some war poetry as well.
The poem "In Flanders Fields", by John McRae, hits pretty hard too.

Some went to war to be heroes. Some were drafted. Some didn't want to go at all. Those who hadn't seen war before thought it would be glorious, while the veterans knew it would be horrible. It's a recurring theme throughout history.
 
Depends on the poet. The author of the poem "Trees", Joyce Kilmer, died during that war. I think he wrote some war poetry as well.
The poem "In Flanders Fields", by John McRae, hits pretty hard too.

Some went to war to be heroes. Some were drafted. Some didn't want to go at all. Those who hadn't seen war before thought it would be glorious, while the veterans knew it would be horrible. It's a recurring theme throughout history.
 
Depends on the poet. The author of the poem "Trees", Joyce Kilmer, died during that war. I think he wrote some war poetry as well.
The poem "In Flanders Fields", by John McRae, hits pretty hard too.

Some went to war to be heroes. Some were drafted. Some didn't want to go at all. Those who hadn't seen war before thought it would be glorious, while the veterans knew it would be horrible. It's a recurring theme throughout history.
 
The attitude was that dying for your country made you a hero and was sweet and good. I don't know if you studied the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est", but that poem is great for this. Young soldiers were told this lie (that it was good to die for your country) by the recruiters in an attempt to get as many people to enlist in the army as possible. The poet of this poem, Wilfred Owen, explains in the poem that dying in war is not good, but is brutal and made a lot of young soldiers realise that they had been tricked.
 
Depends on the poet. The author of the poem "Trees", Joyce Kilmer, died during that war. I think he wrote some war poetry as well.
The poem "In Flanders Fields", by John McRae, hits pretty hard too.

Some went to war to be heroes. Some were drafted. Some didn't want to go at all. Those who hadn't seen war before thought it would be glorious, while the veterans knew it would be horrible. It's a recurring theme throughout history.
 
Depends on the poet. The author of the poem "Trees", Joyce Kilmer, died during that war. I think he wrote some war poetry as well.
The poem "In Flanders Fields", by John McRae, hits pretty hard too.

Some went to war to be heroes. Some were drafted. Some didn't want to go at all. Those who hadn't seen war before thought it would be glorious, while the veterans knew it would be horrible. It's a recurring theme throughout history.
 
The attitude was that dying for your country made you a hero and was sweet and good. I don't know if you studied the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est", but that poem is great for this. Young soldiers were told this lie (that it was good to die for your country) by the recruiters in an attempt to get as many people to enlist in the army as possible. The poet of this poem, Wilfred Owen, explains in the poem that dying in war is not good, but is brutal and made a lot of young soldiers realise that they had been tricked.
 
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