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	War poetry: its purpose Duration: 02:56 An examination of the purpose of war poetry during World War One and how it brought it's horrors to life.	Imperial War Museum, Wilfred Owen, Anthem for Doomed Youth, world war one, WW1

	Jeremy Paxman on Wilfred Owen Duration: 02:25 Jeremy Paxman reflects on Owen - includes a reading of 'Dulce Et Decorum Est'.	war poetry, poetryseason, world war I, First World War, history, Wilfred Owen

	Wilfred Owen - 'Strange Meeting' (poem only) Duration: 00:39 Actor Samuel Barnett recites Owen's 'Strange Meeting'.	war poetry, first world war, world war I, poetryseason, Owen

	Wilfred Owen - 'The Sentry' (poem only) Duration: 00:39 Dramatisation of 'The Sentry' by Wilfred Owen.	war poetry, first world war, world war I, poetryseason, history, Owen

	Thomas Hardy - 'Christmas 1924' (poem only) Duration: 00:40 Comedian Jack Dee recites Thomas Hardy's anti-war epigram 'Christmas 1924'.	war, Christmas, poetryseason, poetry, Thomas Hardy

	Wilfred Owen - 'Anthem For Doomed Youth' (poem only) Duration: 00:39 Actor Samuel Barnett recites Owen's 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'.	war poetry, first world war, world war I, poetryseason, Owen, doomed youth

	Wilfred Owen - 'Anthem For Doomed Youth' (poem only) Duration: 01:27 Reading of Wilfred Owen's 'Anthem For Doomed Youth' with animation.	War poetry, poetryseason, first world war, world war I, Owen, animation, WW1

	Rupert Brooke - 'The Soldier' (poem only) Duration: 01:25 Dramatised reading of Rupert Brooke's patriotic poem to the English fallen, 'The Soldier'.	Brooke, The Soldier, poetry, war, patriotism, First World War, WW1, World War One, poem, poppies, patriotism, euphemism, spiritual, sonnet, remembrance, powerful texts, PowerfulTexts

	Vera Brittain - 'Perhaps' (poem only) Duration: 01:31 Brittain lost her fiance, Roland, to a sniper's bullet and writes from experience in 'Perhaps'. The poem captures her sense of remembrance and also the sense of loss.	War, poetry, repetition, symbolism, abstract nouns, adjectives

	Wildred Owen - 'Strange Meeting' Duration: 02:49 Archive news of America joining the war and dramatisation of trench warfare, leads into a dramatic reading of 'Strange Meeting' by Wilfred Owen.	Western Front, war poetry, war, trench warfare, America, Wilfred Owen, Strange Meeting, 1918, poet

	Wilfred Owen - 'Anthem for a Doomed Youth' (poem only) Duration: 01:07 Dramatised reading of Wilfred Owen's 'Anthem for a Doomed Youth', which was written in 1917.	First World War, WW1, poetry, World War One, remembrance, poppies, powerful texts, wilfred owen, PowerfulTexts

	Rupert Brooke - 'The Soldier' (poem only) Duration: 01:12 Dramatised reading of 'The Soldier' by Rupert Brooke.	The Soldier, Rupert Brooke, poetry, WW1, war poetry, death, loss

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