Anti-war stances in the poetry of Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg and Siegfried Sassoon

This thesis aims to examine three significant poets of the First World War (1914-1918). These three poets, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Isaac Rosenberg, were also soldiers who fought in the war; therefore, their attitude towards war is of great importance to understand the meaning of war. The poems of Wilfred Owen chosen for this thesis (?Dulce et Decorum est?, ?Anthem for Doomed Youth?, and ?Strange Meeting?) are examples which show how the war caused great horrors on the Western Front. The protest of war in the poetry of Owen involves his compassion for the fellow soldiers. The poems of Sassoon (?They?, ?Glory of Women?, and ?The General?) show his anger towards the non-combatants whom he held responsible for the ongoing of the war, and these poems are full of his anger. The third poet of the thesis is Isaac Rosenberg whose poems (?Break of Day in the Trenches?, and ?Dead Man?s Dump?) are full of pity and represent the war as all devastating power. The examined poems are examples of anti-war poems, with different themes and different approaches.Key Words: First World War, Anti-war poem, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg.