The two poems I am comparing are \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Joining The Colours\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" by Katherine Tynan and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Send Off\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" by Wilfred Owen. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Joining The Colours\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" is about a regiment of soldiers leaving Dublin in August 1914 to go to France to fight. This was at the beginning of the First World War and all the soldiers were happy because it was an opportunity for them to show their girlfriends and their families that they were brave. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Send Off\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" is about a regiment of young soldiers who are departing later in the war. This poem was written a few years after \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Joining The Colours\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". The mood of each occasion is different because \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Joining The......
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