Referring in detail to at least two poems: What Makes Wilfred Owen a Great War Poet?
Commencing the First World War in 1914, conscription had not yet been established, but the government were leaning heavily on the media to endeavour and recruit volunteers into the army. This was done by propaganda. Poetry and posters were the two most prominent in persuading men to fight for their country. But it was poetry which encouraged the “war fever”; poetry in which war was […]