Question / Answer
1) Note down the difference of all the war poets
1) Siegfried Sassoon
Was an English war poet and soldier . decorated for bravery on the western front he became one of the leading poets of the first World war. His poets both described the horrors of the trenches and satirished the patriotic pretensions of those who in sassons view were responsible for jingoism fuelled war .
War Service
Motivated by patriosm Sassoon joined the army just as the threat of a new European was recognised and was in service with the Sussex yeomanry on 4 August 1914 the day the United Kingdom declared war on Germany he broke his arm badly in a riding accident and was put out of action before leaving England spending the spring of 1915 convalescing he was commissioned into the 3rd battalion royal Welch fusiliers as a second lieutenant on 29 may 1915
Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen is widely regarded as one of Britain's greatest war poets . writing from the perspective of his intense personal experience of the front line his poems including anthem for doomed youth and Dulce et decorum est bring to life the physical and mental trauma of combat . Owens aim was to tell the truth about what he called the pity of war.
Rupert Brooke
Was born in rugby and attended rugby school the English public school famous as the home of rugby football where his father was a house master . Given that the school was also his family home rugby played a large part in his formative years . The school has a tradition of creating poet forerunner of Brooke in the nineteenth century include mattew Arnold Arthur Hugh Clough and Lewis Carroll Brooke volunteered for active service at the outbreak of war in August 1914 and with the help of Marsh and Churchill.
Gibson's
Poetry was greatly influenced by his experiences during World war 1 having been denied entry into the army for several years due to his poor ensight . Gibson was finally allowed to become a soldier in 1917 . Two years later he was injured and left.
Ivor Gurney
Ivor Gurney was born in Gloucester the son of a tailor . Having demonstrated an early gift for music he won a position as a chorister at Gloucester cathedral and an accompanying education at the elith kings school .in 1911 Gurney won a scholarship to the royal College of music but he was unhappy I London and fell ill in the spring of 1913 suffering from depression.
2) compare any two poems with reference to the subject style of writing and patriotism.
To begin world war one was one of the most deadliest and catastrophic wars to mankind by millions of young men dying for the sake of freedom . Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke were commonly two soldier who both participated in the war. As there are numerous similarities in both participated in the war. As there are numerous similaritie in both poems and author similarly about the same issue of war. The first World war was especially a deadly one with new chemically compounded weapons and machinery that could kill any human being without hesitation. Nolebly the trauma these fellows solider had to endure was a horrible one full of death and destruction . As it was known in those times and still is the fact if a man doesn't join the armed forces during war times do to patriotism he was considered a coward .the Many propagandas of that time to defend your country .
Comparing
Rupert Brooke
Even before the war Rupert Brooke was already a recognised Georgian poet he enlisted in fungust 1914 and even though he only fought in one battle. The experiences he made at the front moved him to write five sonnet about the war tittle 1914 Brooke stringly handsome and charismatic appearance his patriotic verse and his early death caused by an infection in 1915 seemed to capture the emotion of many and left to his popularity after his death . The soldier became very popular after death of St Paul only a few weeks before his death.
Wilfred Owen
Even though Owen is one of the most well known war poets Today . He was mostly unknown as a poet during his lifetime. When he was sent to the somme battle field in January 1917 the war he was a very different one then the one described in Brooke poetry Owen saw hopeless stalemate fight and the horrors of war and became disillusioned of the war. He was wrote most of his poems during that time until returning to active service in September 1918 but was killed in action on the 4th November 1918 exactly one week before the armistice . His collected poems were published two years after his death and owen got recognised and. Praised as one of the greatest poets of the war with Dulce et decorum est being one of his most famous poems .
