World War I Poetry in England - Modern Poetry

Explore a comprehensive 53-minute lecture on English World War I poetry from Yale University's Modern Poetry course. Delve into the works of renowned poets like Wilfred Owen, Thomas Hardy, Edward Thomas, Siegfried Sassoon, and Isaac Rosenberg. Examine war rhetoric and propaganda through Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est" and "Strange Meeting." Investigate the relationship between home front and battle front in Hardy's poems "Channel Firing," "In the Time of 'the Breaking of Nations,'" and "I Looked up From My Writing," as well as Thomas's "Adlestrop" and Sassoon's "'Blighters.'" Gain insight into trench life through Rosenberg's "Louse Hunting." The lecture, divided into eight chapters, offers a thorough analysis of each poem, providing a deep understanding of World War I poetry in England.