Entertainment / Literature / Trench Poetry: Poetry and songs written by both common soldiers and professional poets focusing on the disillusionment, suffering, and ethical dismay these individuals felt at their involvement in World War I. The poetry is often bitter in tone. Often the poetic voice of the speaker mimics the voice, style, and speech of an ordinary soldier. Sometimes the poet presents the poem's speaker in the persona of a soldier, even if the poet himself was not one. Much of this 'trench poetry' was published in trench newsletters. The well-known trench poets of the period include Sassoon and Owens. Owens' 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' is one famous example of trench poetry.
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