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 * ART WORK: These are some famous painting of the World War 1. Each is by a different artist, Paul Nash, Otto Dix, and George Grosz. Even though I only have three paintings, there are much more artists and hundreds of other paintings during this area. Artists painted to express how they were feeling and the emotions running around in peoples heads while the war was occuring. As you can see each painting is not a good or nice scene. They all have something to do with explosions or tradgity. But each became famous for their wonderful work, along with many others.**

POETRY: Poets from the 1900s, world war 1, came up with poetry for the way things happened back then with the war and all the hard times. There were many poets. For example, John McCrae, Wilfred Owen, Alan Seeger... and many, many more. Each poet had very different poems but yet they all had one thing in common. That was each were sad in a way because of the hard times and depression during the war. Also, poets wrote their poems to show other people that they knew what they were going to and that they understood what they were feeling. When people read their poems they would feel more secure and they felt safer. Here is one poem from the first world war;

In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

This poem is written by John McCrae. This was his famous poem throughout his life. He is not the most famous poet during this certain era though. He was a Canadian Physician and fought on the West Front in 1914. But then later trasfered to a medical area in France. He wrote this poem to progect how the life in battle feilds were. He talks about life also and almost everybody can connect with this poem.


 * MUSIC: There were many song writers during World War 1. They wrote about stuff that happened in the war. Also many of the writers wrote about love and being away from their families. For example a song called //Till We Meet Again// written in 1918 is about a soilder and his family facing the fact that they may never see eachother again once that solider goes off to war. This song was very popular back in the 1900s. Richard A. Whiting directed the music, lyrics by Raymond B. Egan, and the cover artist is Frederick S. Manning. Many families could relate to this song and thought it was very moving and touching. Even though i only mentioned on song there are many, many others. Also not all are about seperating families. Songs were very important to people in the 1900s, World War 1 mostly, as they are still now a days.**

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