Join Adrian and Nathan as we discuss 4 poems concerning war. We look at the Crimean war, American Civil War, and the First World War. We will be covering:

1. The Charge of the Light Brigade, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

2. The Pride of Battery B, by Frank H. Gassaway.

3. More Cruel than War, by W.S. Hawkins.

4. Dulce et Decorum Est, by Wilfred Owen.

00:00-Introduction

06:15-The Charge of The Light Brigade, by Tennyson

08:52-Poem analysis and discussion

13:30-War and Journalism before WWI

18:21-Literary analysis of Poem 1

24:13-The Pride of Battery B, by Frank H. Gassaway

28:14-Poem analysis and discussion 2

39:11-Literary analysis of Poem 2

40:55-More Cruel Than War, by W.S Hawkins

44:43-Poem analysis and discussion 3

49:12-Literary analysis of Poem 3

53:33-Content Warning: Depictions of violence/gore

54:35-Dulce Et Decorum Est, by Wilfred Owen

58:18-Poem analysis and discussion 4

1:02:06-Literary analysis of Poem 4

1:10:42-The role of poetry in wartime

1:15:44-Closing thoughts