War Poems - Brooke vs Sassoon.

War is a topic that brings forth many emotions and has thus been the focus of many poets' works. You would think that war and its devastating effects would invoke very similar responses and portrayals, but this is evidently not the case when looking at poetry by Siegfried Sassoon and Rupert Brooke side by side. Once you begin to explore their war poetry, you find that it varies considerably, both in the way it is …

…ese very ideals, it is no reason to not give them acknowledgement. Further still the vast differences between each of these poet's work acts to strengthen the powerful message behind that of the other. There is no right or wrong, just different perspectives arising from different experiences. We are fortunate to be able to draw upon the colourful, real and deep experiences of people such as Sassoon and Brooke, without having to encounter war ourselves.