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

can be more than one answer

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Gordon Eaton

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12 August, 07:24

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

can be more than one answer

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Maximo Cochran · Answer 1

The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "the pain of those left at home waiting for the soldiers; the innocence and ignorance of enlisted soldiers." These are the common themes of war literature are reflected in these excerpts