Modernity And War


Read Yeats’s “The Second Coming,” Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est” and “Anthem for Doomed Youth,” and Brooke’s “Peace.” Reflect and respond to these. Base your analysis on the themes and concepts from the readings and lectures. Provide evidence for any arguments you make with quotes and paraphrases accompanied by in-text citations and a Works Cited page. Any outside sources must be properly cited.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/the-second-coming

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulce-et-decorum-est

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47393/anthem-for-doomed-youth

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/13074/peace