What common themes of war literature are reflected in these excerpts?
1.my friend, you would not tell with such high zest
to children ardent for some desperate glory,
the old lie; dulce et decorum est
pro patria mori.
(wilfred owen, "dulce et decorum est")
2.you smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
who cheer when soldier lads march by,
sneak home and pray you'll never know
the hell where youth and laughter go.
(siegfried sassoon, "suicide in the trenches")
bitterness at the massive loss of life caused by war
anger at the ignorance of civilians and leaders at home
the innocence and ignorance of enlisted soldiers
anger at the government for lying to enlisted youth
the pain of those left at home waiting for the soldiers
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