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How do the poets describe the warand its effects refer to ideas of heroism, death, mourning and language structure?

The poems I am comparing and contrasting in this essay are ‘For Two Voices’ by Maurice Hewlett, August 1914 and ‘Disabled: a victim of war’ by Wilfred Owen.
The poem by Maurice called ‘For Two Voices’ is about a mother and her child, who have very different opinions of war. I think they both have a valid point. War is exciting, as long as there is no one killed or injured, which there always is. I do not think going to war is right, you can see in the poem both of their views. The mother is trying to get the child to see her outlook on war. The child says ‘ “Look mother their bright spears….’ ” She replies with ‘ “You are not looking at what I see’ ” ‘ “Nay, but I look at what must be’ ”.
The poem by Wilfred Owen named ‘Disabled: a victim of war’ is about a man who went to fight for his country. He returned from war disabled, he might have been a victim of a bomb. When he did come back he was a changed person, he realises his...

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