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​Music Music was a very important part in the war. People created anthems to help lift the soldiers spirits and help them contine to fight. some so ngs were very strong others were very funny sounding to bring laughter to the soldiers. One of these songs were "It's a Long Way to Tiperary" by John McCormak was one of the most popular anthems sung by soldiers during the war. This was sung on the way to the western front. This was written by Jack Judge and Harry Wiliams two years earliers in 1912. Another very popular anthem was "Aba Daba Honey Moon" which was written and published by Arthur Fields and Walter Donovan. This song really didn,t have a war theme to it. This song really was just a fun song to lift their spirits. People these days would probaly enjoy this song during the day. ​media type="file" key="It's_A_Long_Way_To_Tipperary.mpg" width="248" height="50" Poetry During this war many famous poets appeared. One poet was John McCrae. He wrote the poem "In Flander Fields.' This poem showed to be a very popular piece of poetry. Before John wrote this poem he was a Canadian physician on the western front. He was then transferred to the medical corps and assigned to hospital in France. This poem describes a war scene. The words he uses help give the feeling of being there at the secene. Words such as "In the Flander Fields the poppies blow, Between the crosses row on row ...." or " We are Dead, Short days ago, We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow...". I feel that this poem gives more of a diffrent view of battle in the war. Some may say that it has more of an artistic view. Other poets such as Edward Thomas who enlisted in the war in 1915. He was a peoffesional reviewer and editor until his friend Robert Frost encouraged him to write. His poems "The Cherry Tree" and "In Memoriam" have more of a suddle theme that shows beuty and nature. He describes the petals falling, tree barked rotted, thick flowers etc. Poetry has shown to be more powerful during this time.

Art During these times we have gotten many diffrent types of paintings. Some about the war and some about the life we are living. One artist C. R. W Nevinson painted a picture describing the bombing raids that were carried out on civilians by the german airforce. This picture shows a young boy laying flat on a tattered street. The road is torn up and its bricks are sparred across the ground. Behind the boy is a house or building of some sort. Its shutters are hanging off of it and its wall is cracked. It is unknown if the boy in the picture is dead or not. This clearly shows the drastic affects of bomb raids. Another famous painting was done by Sydney Carline. Sydney served as a pilot and her brother, Richard, also a painter and machine gunner. They both faught in flight squadrons in France. This Painting shows on of the attacks launched against Turkish Troops. In the picture it shows one of the Turkish Transports attacking in the Gorge of Wadi Fara. This pictures both show drastic scenes in the war or war related scenes.

"Vintage Audio- It's a Long Way To Tipperary" & "Vintage Audio- Aba Daba Honeymoon." __First World War.com__. 21 Dec. 2009 

"1914-18 war - Art of the First World War - 61 - C. R. W. Nevinson" & "1914-18 - Art of the First World War - 59 - Sydney Carline." __Art of the First World War.__ 5 Jan. 2010. <http://www.art-ww1.com/gb/visite.html