First+World+War+Poetry

The poems on which you will be examined are as follows. Click on the poem to find more information:

 * 1) Recruiting
 * 2) Joining the Colours
 * 3) The Target
 * 4) The Send-Off
 * 5) Spring Offensive
 * 6) The Bohemians
 * 7) Lamentations
 * 8) The Deserter
 * 9) The Hero
 * 10) Falling Leaves
 * 11) In Flanders Fields
 * 12) The Seed-Merchant’s Son
 * 13) The Parable of the Old Man and the Young
 * 14) Spring in War-Time
 * 15) Perhaps
 * 16) Reported Missing


 * Click here to download a text version of all of the poems** [[file:ww1 poetry.doc]] - useful for revision and annotation.

Click below to download a copy of a revision guide in MSWord format:


===However, as you know, you are all being given the chance to complete a COURSEWORK essay on some of these poems. Click HERE for further guidance and information on the coursework task.===

===If you are interested in reading a novel about the First World War, you can't do much better than read REGENERATION by Pat Barker. Click [|HERE] to visit the George Mitchell School BOOK GROUP pages on that book.===

===If you would like to read a PLAY about trench warfare in the First World War, see if you can get hold of a copy of JOURNEY'S END by R.C.Sherriff. Click [|HERE] for more information on the play.===

Wilfred Owen

Finally, here are some useful weblinks on the First World War, and the poetry written during and inspired by the conflict:

 * [|Oxford University's website] full of information on the WW1 poets, including a massive archive of photos, manuscripts etc. and even some virtual seminars teaching seminars;
 * Jessie Pope's poetry, [[file:Jessie Pope Poems.doc]];
 * The website of the [|Wilfred Owen Association];
 * [|First World War.com] - a multimedia history of World War One;
 * The [|Spartacus History] website and the [|Schools History] about the First World War;
 * And the [|BBC] and [|Channel 4] microsites about the First World War.