Compare and contrast the poets attitudes to and experiences of war in :: English Literature

Compare and contrast the poets attitudes to and experiences of war inDrummer Hodge and The soldier - How does the poets use of language depression the readers perception of war?Drummer Hodge is written about the Boer war (around 1899 - 1902),which was a war between the British and the Boers. The feature of the meter is a Wessex drummer son who was killed in this war.The poem starts with the end of the sons life as his body is disposedof practically, with no dignity, this gives the reader the idea thatwar has a bigger picture and the life of one boy does not matter aslong as the country prevails They throw in Drummer Hodge, to restUncoffined - just as found this gives the image across that the boywas buried with no dignity, no ceremony and with indifference. Fromthis the reader clearly gets a rather horrible and cold image of thewar and the way in which commonwealth were disposed of, the line alsoexpresses how much life is lost in a war.The next line expresses the way in which he h as no engrave stone, just apile of rocks over his body. I think this shows the way that in war,you die and know body knows were you are, so nobody can bring forth to yourgrave to mourn you. His rural areamark is a kopje-crest in some ways thepoet tries to tell us that the land surrounding the boys grave hasbecome part of him and the land will respect him and give him hisdignity. This may give the reader the thought that in war maybe thebest way out is death as you will then be eternally respected.In the last lines of the first stanza the poet writes about how theboy entered the war in a foreign place and on that point is nothing familiarto him And foreign constellations west Each night above his mound. The poet writes about how he was buried under a foreign sky in a strange place which was far outdoor(a) from his home. This gives the reader the impression that Drummer Hodge is more of a memory as he died so far away from his home.The second stanza goes on to explain the way in which he wasunprepared for the war Young Hodge the Drummer Never knew - Freshfrom his wessex home. The poet has written about how the young boydid not know what he had let himself in for, the young boy did not