War Poetry: Comparative Essay; The First World War Changed the way Some People Thought about War and Patriotism Introduction The First World War was probably the occurrence that has had the most profound effect on people’s views on the principles of war and patriotism. Before the War there was a glamorous, even attractive idea of war portrayed by the government, this view was accepted by the public, hence the massive amounts of voluntary enlistment …showed first 75 words of 1992 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1992 total…modern day life there is still a largely unchanged feeling that war is a gratuitous waste of life and that there should always be another option which should be explored fully before countries engage in armed conflict against each other. There is also a disturbingly large proportion of the country who are experiencing a resurgence of old nationalism, it worries me that it may once again be regarded as Dulce et decorum pro patria mori.