VOICES FROM WORLD WAR I
1. A mechanized war
2. No-man's-land
3. Scale of death: 8,700,000 by 1918 (780,000 British)

[For further reading, try: Pat Barker, The Regeneration Trilogy = Regeneration (1991), The Eye in the Door (1993), The Ghost Road (1995)].

Heroism
Rupert Brooke (1887-1915):
[1955/2050]"The Soldier"

May Wedderburn Cannan (1893-1973)
[1983/2076]From Grey Ghosts and Voices (1976)

Elegy and Mourning
Edward Thomas (1878-1917)
[1958/2053] "The Cherry Trees"

Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)
[1965/2060] "To His Love"

Anger and Rebellion
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)
[1960/2055] "They"

Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
[1971/2066] "Anthem for Doomed Youth"
onomatopoeia=poetic sound imitates sound of object described: "only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle...".