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Poetry: "Peace" by Rupert Brooke

Now, God be thanked Who has matched us with His hour, And caught our youth, and wakened us from sleeping, With hand made sure, clear eye, and sharpened power, To turn, as swimmers into cleanness leaping, Glad from a world grown old and cold and weary, Leave the sick hearts that honour could not move, And half-men, and their dirty songs and dreary, And all the little emptiness of love!

Oh! we, who have known shame, we have found release there, Where there's no ill, no grief, but sleep has mending, Naught broken save this body, lost but breath; Nothing to shake the laughing heart's long peace there But only agony, and that has ending; And the worst friend and enemy is but Death.

Poetry during World War 1 was based on the thoughts and feelings of poets. In this poem Rupert Brooke feels a sense of freedom and thanks God for preparing them for war. He also demonstrates the sufferage and mind boggling pain the soldiers share.



During World War 1 the deep emotions in creating art helped document war efforts. The author of this piece got his inspiration when he was commissioned as a captain in the engineers in France. It was there that some artists had the chance to tour the battlefields one last time and make sketches.

Music: "My Choc'late Soldier Sammy Boy" by: Egbert Van Alstyne and Noble Sissle code See him marchin' along O, heahr him hummin' a song Watch that baby throw out his chest -- whoa, boy! See them medals pinn'd on his breast Lord love him! I'm so happy and proud I just feel like shoutin' out loud: My honey -- come, come to your mammy My choc'late soldier Sammy boy

code During World War 1 there was a lot of emotion and inspiration that came from war experiences. The music expressed the pride of a soldier; sadness from loss or pain; or love for country, brother, or father in this dreadful war. In the song "My Choc'late Soldier Sammy Boy", it expresses a mother's pride watching her son in a victory parade. Choc'late representing the pride in a soldiers race.

Bibliography:
 * 1) "Songs Brought Back from the Battlefield." __Trenches on the Web__. 18 Dec. 2009. <[]>
 * 2) "US Army Official War Artists." __Doughboy Center__. 18 Dec. 2009. <[]>
 * 3) "The First World War in Literature." __Literary Connections__. 17 Dec. 2009. <[]>