War in Literature

For this task I have chosen the poems God , Dead Man 's Dump ' and In the Trenches

Isaac Rosenberg 's poems are filled with anger , hate and rage . It seems as though he questions the very occurrence of war that has taken him from his safe and joyful life and forced him into a life of suffering His poems show that even in times of relative safety , there are still things that destroy this peace . It seems as though their hearts know no rest and are perpetually suffering . When they do find some

degree of happiness , this happiness is short-lived and seems as though for every happiness they experience , they had to pay a price

God ' depicts the most hate towards the men of the war where he writes : In his malodorous brain what slugs and mire ' Though it becomes difficult to determine who is actually being referred to in his works , God or man , or the creators of the war . This poem shows a great disdain for the male population and the concept of a male God . He depicted this male god as a monster who was out to make life more difficult for them who is rotting and housed in his His body lodged a rat where men nursed souls " The one thing for certain is that there is anger and hatred towards those who have created this situation of wide spread suffering and pain

The poem In the Trenches ' is a depiction of how easy it is to lose life in battle . A moment of unguarded happiness that may cause them their lives and indeed it has caused one . It is a poem also in the concept of luck in the battlefield where one cannot be sure of who the next victim will be . I snatched two...