The First World War is also known as The Great War and the generation of men who fought in the great war is known as the Lost Generation, simply because so many died or were cripled physically/mentally/emotionally for life.
For more information on World War I:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
A number of British poets participated in the war, and they wrote poetry about their experiences.
the over all impression of their poetry is a sense of disillusionment, bitterness and despair.
On this website you can find short biographies of some of the finest poets who fought in the First World War:
http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/biogs99.htm
Rupert Brooke(1887-1915)
The Soldier:
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15695
Wilfred Owen(1893-1918)
Dulce Et Decorum Est:
http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/owen1.html
Futility:
http://europeanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/blowenfutility.htm
Sigfried Sassoon 1886-1967
Suicide in the Trenches:
http://allpoetry.com/poem/8499073-Suicide_In_The_Trenches-by-Siegfried_Sassoon
The Hero:
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hero/
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