Question

Do you think a poem is a good way to study about the war?

Answer 1

I think this is suppose to be in the History or English section but I'll help you.

Answer 2

Well I write poetry and I read some of it, I can honestly say that poetry opens up how you think about things, just reading a text book is facts you have to remember, poetry is a living breathing thing you can understand and FEEL. So yes I think so. :)

Answer 3

"Once all men and nations were friends and brothers, once all lived in harmony with each other. With every war two more nations learn to hate each other, forgetting the friendship they once shared. With every war one more family is torn apart and destroyed, with every war two more brothers point guns at each others heads. With every war one more economy falls, With every war one more person dies. The Price of war is great. but the exact number of dead is always unknown, the economical damage is never fully measured. The emotional and spiritual damage can never be known nor measured by any means. The true Price of War can never be measured by numbers or words, the damage done can be seen but never completely. For the Price of War can never be measured." ~Wolf

Answer 4

The format is horrible but I hope it helps. So lets think about it, you've read text books, just facts to be remembered, but it never really moves you. Does Poetry move you?

Answer 5

Here is another, think about it, does it move you while you read it? Does it pull at you? Does it put a thought or feeling in your mind and heart that you won't soon forget or is it just like a text book, something you read and will forget because you don't really care?

Answer 6

"Have you learned nothing from the past? Agincourt, Waterloo, The Hundred Years, and the Fall of France? Yet still you fight. March on Rome, Byzantine's Fall, Dresden Night, have you not learned?
The American Revolution, The Bombing of London, The Cliffs of Gallipoli, do you not see? World War 1, World War 2, the Holocaust, and many more, and yet you still fight?
These are so few of the wars we have endured, and many have nothing to do with your nation, but war is still war, and it always ends the same.
No matter what is gained, something is always lost, stand by your allies if they are forced into war, but be cautious of starting war yourself, for if even one life is lost, then the cost will outweigh the gain."

~Wolf

Answer 7

So is Poetry a good way to study History?

Answer 8

@Blaze

Answer 9

@amistre64 @thomaster

Answer 10

Hi thomaster.

Answer 11

Why was I summoned here? :P

Answer 12

I just wanted to make sure my answer was OK and I didn't mess him up more, so I thought I'd ask you. :)

Answer 13

Was it OK? I mean I wrote the poems so I'm not sure if they were good examples of Historical poetry....And I'm not exactly the best judge...so....was it OK?

Answer 14

I don't know, I know nothing about poems :P
But this is posted in the wrong section so i'll have to close it.

Answer 15

OK

Answer 16

sorry that it was the wrong section but I wrote it here because people who knows biology knows English and history.

Answer 17

That's OK Blaze :), I've done that before. Did I manage to help you?

Answer 18

yes you did.

Answer 19

Good! :) Don't forget to close your question once it's been answered. :)