post1914poetry


 * __Post 1914 Poetry__**

The 1914-19 Great War (World War One) is the watershed between the two poetry sections. You will have to produce 2 x commentaries on different poems and revise Post-1914 poetry for your Literature examination. Your teacher will set your coursework essay as this can vary from group to group.Click on each poem to find a copy of the poem for you to download and activities to help develop your knowledge and understanding.

Joining The Colours - Katherine Tynan Hinkson

The Send Off - Wilfred Owen

Recruiting - E.A Mackintosh

The Target - Ivor Gurney

Spring Offensive - Wilfred Owen

Spring In War-Time - Edith Nesbitt

The Parable of the Old Man and the Young - Wilfred Owen

In Flanders Fields - John McCrae

The Hero - Siegfried Sassoon

Dulce et Decorum Est - Wilfred Owen

Exposure - Wilfred Owen

War Girls - Jessie Pope

The Dug-Out - Siegfried Sassoon

Mental Cases - Wilfred Owen

Breakfast - W.W Gibson