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    The two poems contrast the experiences of soldiers in World War 1. The first poem, "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke, romanticizes being a soldier and dying for England by describing the soldier's body becoming part of the earth. The second poem, "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen, graphically depicts the horrors of a gas attack through vivid imagery of struggling soldiers choking and drowning, criticizing romanticized views of war.

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    The two poems contrast the experiences of soldiers in World War 1. The first poem, "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke, romanticizes being a soldier and dying for England by describing the soldier's body becoming part of the earth. The second poem, "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen, graphically depicts the horrors of a gas attack through vivid imagery of struggling soldiers choking and drowning, criticizing romanticized views of war.

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    The two poems contrast the experiences of soldiers in World War 1. The first poem, "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke, romanticizes being a soldier and dying for England by describing the soldier's body becoming part of the earth. The second poem, "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen, graphically depicts the horrors of a gas attack through vivid imagery of struggling soldiers choking and drowning, criticizing romanticized views of war.

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    Compare and contrast 2 poems about World War 1.

    The Soldier
    by Rupert Brooke
    1914
    Rupert Chawner Brooke (1887-1915) was an English poet and member of the Bloomsbury Group, which
    was made up of English writers, intellectuals, and artists. His poem, “The Soldier,” is the fifth in a series
    of poems entitled 1914, which is comprised of war sonnets written during World War I.

    If I should die, think only this of me:


    That there’s some corner of a foreign field
    That is forever England. There shall be
    In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
    A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
    Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam;
    A body of England’s, breathing English air,
    Washed by the rivers, blessed by suns of home.
    And think, this heart, all evil shed away,
    A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
    Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;
    Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
    And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
    In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.

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    Dulce et Decorum Est


    By Wilfred Owen
    1921

    Wilfred Owen was an English poet and soldier, often considered one of the leading poets of the First
    World War. Many of Owen’s poems deal with the violence of war and the effect it has on soldiers.
    During World War I, mustard gas and other chemicals were used to attack the enemy, causing great
    destruction and human suffering. As you read, take notes on how the author uses imagery to develop
    the central theme of the poem.

    Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,


    Knock-kneed, coughing like hags,1 we cursed through sludge,
    Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
    And towards our distant rest began to trudge.2
    Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots,
    But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
    Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
    Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.
    Gas! GAS! Quick, boys! —An ecstasy of fumbling
    Fitting the clumsy helmets3 just in time,
    But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
    And flound’ring4 like a man in fire or lime. —
    Dim through the misty panes5 and thick green light,
    As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
    In all my dreams before my helpless sight,
    He plunges at me, guttering,6 choking, drowning.

    1. an old, sick woman


    2. Trudge (verb): to walk slowly with heavy steps
    3. Gas masks were originally called “helmets.”
    4. struggling
    5. The gas masks had glass panes, to help preserve vision, while helping to ensure the safety of the
    soldiers.
    6. burning

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