Question

what is War or Trench Poetry
Conduct research to determine what is war or trench poetry is; then, 1-3 paragraphs on what you find. Also mention who the pioneering war poets in this genre are. List one or two of these war poets.

Answer 1

War poetry / Trench poetry

War poetry is also known as tench poetry. Trench is a narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover of besieging forces. During the world war I many soldiers spend hours and days in the trenches and many died in the trenches. The experiences in the trenches and the warfare were terrible for the soldiers. Some of them were expressed their feelings through the poems. These poems were came into light and the genre of war poetry or trench poetry started.

Poems from war poetry expresses the feelings towards the war as well as the experiences and emotions of the soldiers. Most of the war poetry is written by soldiers and a few from the poets , those who were not belonged to soldiers community yet affected by war and its consequences. Some soldiers were considered as a honour in taking part in war and they glorified it through the poems. But most of the war poetry shows the terrible side of war and its impact on soldiers life. War poems also contains many questions on humanity, responsibility towards country, death, regret, courage and so on.

Pioneering war poets

1. Thomas Hardy ( World War I).

He written many famous poems like ' The man he killed', Drummer hodge'

2. Siegfried Sassoon

His famous poems are 'The death bed', 'Suicide in the trenches', The last meeting' etc