Bridge course : WAR POETRY

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Here is my blog task regarding the thinking Activity given by Vaidehi ma'am as self-learning task on War poetry.

Here is the detailed blog on War Poetry kindly draw my attention if anything is missing here.

👉poetry is war poetry?

War poetry is a literary genre that developed during the period of the world wars. The term was coined by Randall Jarrell in his essay “The Literature of War”. Jarrell defines war poetry as “a poem that has as its theme war and that is written during or about a war”.

Some of War poets 

1) Wilfrid Owen

2) Rupert Brooke

3) Wilfrid Gibson 

4) Siegfried Sasson

5) Ivor Gurney

here are some poems by war poets

1) Dulce et Decorum est  

The Latin phrase is from the Roman poet Horace: “It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country.”

"Dulce et Decorum Est" is a poem by the English poet Wilfred Owen. Like most of Owen's work, it was written between August 1917 and September 1918, while he was fighting in World War 1. Owen is known for his wrenching descriptions of suffering in war. In "Dulce et Decorum Est," he illustrates the brutal everyday struggle of a company of soldiers, focuses on the story of one soldier's agonizing death, and discusses the trauma that this event left behind. He uses a quotation from the Roman poet Horace to highlight the difference between the glorious image of war and war's horrifying reality.

2) The soldier

written by Rupert Brooke

"The Soldier" is a poem by Rupert Brooke written during the first year of the First World War (1914). It is a deeply patriotic and idealistic poem that expresses a soldier's love for his homeland—in this case, England, which is portrayed as a kind of nurturing paradise. Indeed, such is the soldier's bond with England that he feels his country to be both the origin of his existence and the place to which his consciousness will return when he dies. The poem was a hit with the public at the time, capturing the early enthusiasm for the war. Nowadays, the poem is seen as somewhat naïve, offering little of the actual experience of war. That said, it undoubtedly captures and distills a particular type of patriotism.

3) The Fear

written by Wilfrid Gibson

This poem that Wilfred Wilson Gibson wrote during the First World War, is a part of his “Battle” collection. “Battle” was an influence on Wilfred Owen who read Wilfred Wilson Gibson’s poetry while he was being treated for shell shock.

4) The Hero

This poem is written by Siegfried Sassoon.

is one of the disputed war poems this British officer and poet wrote in the period 1915-1918. When The Hero appeared in print, in 1917, many people were shocked. Fellow officers condemned him.

5) The Target 

This one is written by Ivor gurney

It is written in 1st person narration and the theme of the poem is nothing else but Death it is said that Death would be preferable to carrying it on war.

👉What is my understanding of War Poetry?

As per my opinion war poetry is about the deep sentiments of each and every human being they were going through a lot of .world war spread a deadly death alarms all over the world that is why here are some poets are expressing and giving very clear images of that time. We can't even imagine the pain of each soldier carrying inside and fighting for something they don't even want to have. We can say they are just puppets of Government and instead of coming into the light of that deadly dream they are just leading their innocent puppets in the death alarm of the world.

Even though the enemies are like family to us we have to bloodshed the whole nation just for our governments' orders.

👉Comparison between dulce et Decorum and The Fear

The central tension of this poem is between the reality of the war and the government's portrayal of war as sweet, right, and fitting to die for your country. The message that the poet conveys is the reality of the war that is horrific and inhuman. whereas the poem fear by Gibson talks about choosing a nation over life we can see how he rejected in who read Wilfred Wilson Gibson’s poetry while he was being treated for shell shock.

👉comparison Between The Soldier and The Target 

The Soldier is a sonnet in which Brooke glorifies England during the First World War. The poem represents the patriotic ideals that characterized pre-war England. It portrays death for one's country as a noble end and England as the noblest country for which to die. The Soldier was written while Brooke was on leave at Christmas, 1914 it was the final sonnet in a collection of five that he entitled "1914" his reflections on the outbreak of war.

The poem Target is narrated in 1st person it is about an ordinary soldier explaining why he killed a German and how he is feeling now. This war poetry has the theme of death would be preferable to carrying on in the war.

👉here are some pictures of world war

Indian soldiers leading in front for World war 1.

👉The history of world war

Here is the link to an Instagram video

We can say a hidden warrior of World war

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CaJ9ttMAh9Q/?utm_medium=copy_link

In Indian Cinema we have a good number of movies and web series as a tribute to nations heroes. Among them what I can connect is the movie

Shahid Bhagat Singh to The Hero

Here we find Bhagat Singh is also writing a letter to his family expressing his love towards the nation and leaving home to fight for his own land his own people.