20th century

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

World War I

A soldier's view

I think this is not a real poem

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How do these poems differ from poems in the romantic period?

Trench Poems

In poetry, war was usually depicted as an honourable, glorious affair. 

Many soldiers turned to writing and it became modern. Naturalistic and painfully realistic, with shocking images and language, intending to show what the war really like, the war poetry showed the mud, the trenches, death, and sometimes even compassion for soldiers.

The overall massage through such poetry is that the war is brutal, vicious, meaningless, stupid and barbarous; there was nothing honourable, glorious, or decorous about the war. The daily experience of soldiers on the front was of mental disorders, nervous breakdown, caused by constant fear and pressure.

The Trench Poets question the very notion of war, heroism, patriotism, etc., they attacked the values of the pre-war society in general.

These soldiers are 'epic heroes'

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This video used the right imagery to depict world war I poetry

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