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= = =As you have heard " A picture is worth a thousand words" old speech, well not only was art , poetry and music were around but also the beginning of motion pictures. The public saw it's very first full - length called THE BIRTH OF A NATION directed by D.W Griffith.= =Also people would listen to the radio to hear the latest new about WW1. Also like now with politics and such, it is inspiring poets, artist and musicians to write, paint and ryme about WW1. For example as this picture=



=In This picture it shows soldiers on a attack on a village by Austro - Hungarian soldiers, and this picture kind of gives you a jist of what the war was like. Also as I said before The war inspired many poets and soldiers to write about the war. Take Wilfred Owen for example, he wrote the poem FUTILITY=

Futility Move him into the sun-- Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of fields unsown. Always it woke him, even in France, Until this morning and this snow. If anything might rouse him now The kind old sun will know.

Think how it wakes the seeds, Woke, once, the clays of a cold star. Are limbs, so dear-achieved, are sides, Full-nerved-- still warm,-- too hard to stir? Was it for this the clay grew tall? -- O what made fatuous sunbeams toil To break earth's sleep at all?



=As since Mr. Owen was a wounded soldier and then he started to write about the War as his service was done. Also music inspired by the poets and artist were taking a dip into the war and were written for the soldier and such So here's= =media type="youtube" key="XVM-tFAdADg" height="415" width="545"= =Also songs like Good Morning Mr. Zip Zip Zip and The Kiss That Made Me Cry= Music By: Robert Lloyd - Good Morning Mr. Zip Zip Zip Year - 1918 Many people were inlisting to fight in a war overseas as there was no shortage of people volunteering they belived it showed manhood and courage and while this was happening they ignored the basic realities & rules of war.

Music By: Archie Gottler - The kiss that made me cry Year: - 1918 This song is about fathers leaving their children and going overseas,this song is also about soldiers coming back from war and remembering the most dificult part of the war is saying goodbye to their families and children.

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