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War poetry is poetry on the topic of war. While the term is applied especially to works of the First World War, the term can be applied to poetry about any war, including Homer's Iliad, from around the 8th century BC as well as poetry of the American Civil War, the Spanish Civil War, the Crimean War and other wars. War poets may be combatants or noncombatants.
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August Stramm, 1915
August Stramm, 1915
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Brian Turner at the Library of Congress
Brian Turner at the Library of Congress
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Photographie de Blaise Cendrars en uniforme de la Légion étrangère, prise le dimanche de Pâques 1916...
Photographie de Blaise Cendrars en uniforme de la Légion étrangère, prise le dimanche de Pâques 1916...
Charles Hamilton Sorley (For Remembrance) cropped and retouched.jpg
Cropped and retouched version of a portrait of British soldier poet Charles Hamilton Sorley (1895-19...
Cropped and retouched version of a portrait of British soldier poet Charles Hamilton Sorley (1895-19...
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Scottish National War Memorial. Edinburgh Castle (Scotland).
Scottish National War Memorial. Edinburgh Castle (Scotland).
Erika Renee Land Headshot.jpg
Headshot photo of Erika Renee Land
Headshot photo of Erika Renee Land
Franz Janowitz Porträt.jpg
Franz Janowitz im Herbst 1914, das einzige erhaltene Porträt
Franz Janowitz im Herbst 1914, das einzige erhaltene Porträt
Frontispiece, The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge, 1919.jpg
Image of Francis Ledwidge (frontispiece) from The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge (1919)
Image of Francis Ledwidge (frontispiece) from The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge (1919)
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Scotland's story : a history of Scotland for boys and girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)...
Scotland's story : a history of Scotland for boys and girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)...
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Statue of Hedd Wyn in Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, Wales.
Statue of Hedd Wyn in Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, Wales.
John Gillespie Magee, Jr.jpg
Official Royal Canadian Air Force picture of Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Official Royal Canadian Air Force picture of Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
John McCrae in uniform circa 1914.jpg
John McCrae
John McCrae
Joyce Kilmer.jpg
Leon Gellert.jpg
Australian poet, w:Leon Gellert
Australian poet, w:Leon Gellert
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Monument to the Lost Battalion in the Argonne Forest, France.
Monument to the Lost Battalion in the Argonne Forest, France.
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Image of the Great Cross of Sacrifice's base, with wreaths laid during the Commemoration Ceremony t...
Image of the Great Cross of Sacrifice's base, with wreaths laid during the Commemoration Ceremony t...
Mother with her Dead Son 01.jpg
Enlarged version of Käthe Kollwitz's (1865-1945) sculpture Mother with her Dead Son (PIeta) in the ...
Enlarged version of Käthe Kollwitz's (1865-1945) sculpture Mother with her Dead Son (PIeta) in the ...
Poppy-Memorial-1948.jpg
Moina Michael, promoter of Poppy Day observance, commemorated in US postage stamp of 1948.
Moina Michael, promoter of Poppy Day observance, commemorated in US postage stamp of 1948.
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John Allen Wyeth circa late 1970s
John Allen Wyeth circa late 1970s
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