World War I, the war that was originally expected to be “over by Christmas,” dragged on for four years with a grim brutality brought on by the dawn of trench warfare and advanced weapons, including chemical weapons. The horrors of that conflict altered the world for decades – and writers reflected that shifted outlook in their work. As Virginia Woolf would later write, “Then suddenly, like a chasm in a smooth road, the war came.”
Early works were romantic sonnets of war and death.
Among the first to document the “chasm” of the war were soldiers themselves. At first, idealism persisted as leaders glorified young soldiers marching off for the good of the country.
English poet Rupert Brooke, after enlisting in Britain’s Royal Navy, wrote a series of patriotic sonnets, including “The Soldier,” which read:
If I should die, think only this of me:
That there’s some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England.
Brooke, after being deployed in the Allied invasion of Gallipoli, would die of blood poisoning in 1915.
Explanation:
The answer is : A bright teenage girl, Anne uses her writer's voice to show her experiences. Her mood changes throughout the text depending on what she is feeling. The mood at the beginning is tense and frightened, but as Anne settles into life in the annex, the mood becomes more relaxed and hopeful. Still, life in the annex is difficult, and the mood of the diary shows Anne's changing feelings.
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Answer: C
Explanation:It means two feet
Iambic pentameter. this is to further explain---"and sum/ mers lease/ hath all/ too short/ a date"
penta means 5, there for after you divde the sonnet up as its said youll see that there are only 5 "meters"
