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Entry Task: Modernism Review
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Traits of Trench Poetry
 Cynical outlook:
rejection of traditional
glorious view of war

For the first time war
was not glorified, but
rather, vilified
Themes of Trench Poetry
 loss of innocence
 degradation of body
and soul
Traits of Modernism
 attempting to
make sense of a
fragmented world
 stream-ofconsciousness
 sense of alienation
from society
Impact of Colonialism/Post-Colonialism: The break up of the old
imperial system leads to a diversity of writers, topics, and themes.