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- War Poetry and Society TodayWar poetry connects to modern society very well. Ideas, dilemmas,and issues are easily paralleled in war time poetry; especially in times of conflict.
- Analyzing War PoetryHere is an in depth analysis and overview of war poetry from the First and Second World Wars. This goes over some of the major authors such as Henry Reed. I also go into how these poems relate to society today.
- Comparative Analysis - Stephen Crane's War is Kind and William Butler Yeat's On Being Asked for a War PoemThis essay is a comparative analysis on the similarities and differences of the two poems.
Reflecting the Light: Yusef Komunyakaa - the Vietnam War PoemsA reflective look at the Vietnam war experience through the eyes of a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.
Star Wars Poetry: Darth VaderOne year after his last encounter with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader reflects on his transformation.
Star Wars Poetry: Obi-Wan KenobiAs Obi-Wan Kenobi trudges across the desert dunes to check on young Luke Skywalker, he recalls his painful history with the boy's father.
John McCrae and the Poem: In Flanders FieldsJohn McCrae, a surgeon in the Canadian Army during World War I, wrote what many consider the most famous piece of war poetry, In Flanders Fields.- Analysis of the Classic War Poem Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred OwenThe classic poem Dulce Et Decorum Est attempts to peel away the glorified aspects of war and put the reader on the battlefield with every grisly occurrence, and does a very good job of it with intense imagery and irony.
- The Daily Count from War - PoemEvery night the pictures of fallen soldiers are shown in silence on a show I watch. It is painful to see their faces. This is a poem regarding my feelings.
- Summary of Siegfried Sassoon's "On Passing the New Menin Gate"Sassoon wrote this poem after WWI. It has a sarcastic and bitter tone about the war. This poem is about the war memorial, New Menin Gate, which has the names of 54, 889 soldiers of WWI engraved on it; it is located outside of Brussels.
- Summary of Siegfried Sassoon's "The General"This poem is one of Siegfried Sassoon's anti-war poems. After the death of one of his close friends he started questioning the validity of the war.
- The Games We Play (War Poem)Like taxes, war seems to be always with us. Interpret this poem as you see fit.
- The Conquest of the Cityfree verse poetry on the throes of war, for any people vanquished {and subdued by conquerors, without a disposition to pity , and preservation}
Anti-War Poempoem- Civil Warshort poem about civil war
- Windpoem
- Moral Dilemmas in W.D. Ehrhart's Vietnam War PoetryW.D. Ehrhart, a Vietnam veteran, has written many poems that reflect not only the sadness and brutal reality of war, but also the post-traumatic stress that accompanies such experiences.
- Poetry for the Fourth of JulyCollections and anthologies of poems that celebrate the American experience: the good, the bad, and the politically incorrect.
- Menelus and the ThousandA war poem in iambic tetrameter.
- Dona Nobis PacemA short, ironic anti-war poem in the vein of WWI poetry.