EN107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Carpe Diem, The Waste Land, Franco-Prussian War

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In-class essay, may bring in text, allowed annotations in text. 2 texts to write on, question not given in advance. War pushed several fields forward, incl. technology. Also created soldier slang i. e. , lousy or crummy. Altered social mood in britain, europe, and across the. Historians and critics are not sure of the answer. Texts came out of this as a way that highlighted the waste that came from war. Lived through ww1 and fought through it and it affected his poetry. Epitaph on owen"s grave misquoted from one of his own poems, the end , and is an open ended question. Women are taking on new roles during ww1 both at home and overseas, incl. in munitions factories. War poet originally only from people in front lines, but it was expanded more eventually. Munitions factories very dangerous, a carpe diem feel to the poem.

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