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The song war correlates heavily with Wilfred Owen’s poem Anthem for doomed youth as it states many similarities to soldiers being sent off to slaughter such as referring them to “cattle” to symbolise the lack of humanity when it comes to war. Wilfred uses metaphorical language where Edwin star displays a tone of aggression, with blunt language such as “Who wants to die” which is a forward statement towards the matter.

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War (What is it Good For?) draws parallels to Wilfred Owen's poetry, particularly Anthem For Doomed Youth which shares similar themes of the impact of war at home. "Patient minds" are ultimately distraught when they come to realise that their loved ones have been killed.

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the relation between Wilfred Owen's poems and Edwin Starrs song are that they both include multiple mentions of religion. e.g. Starr: "God," "Lord" and Owens "Hell," "orisons."

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there is a strong focus in this song as well as lots of Owen's poems on religion. the idea of hell is explored in both

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Starr uses a similar critiquing tone of war as Owen does, particularly in the last stanza of Dulce et Decorum est when Owen criticises the WW1 propaganda and encouragement of young soldiers to join the army, which can be seen in War (What is It Good For) when Starr expresses that war has caused 'unrest' in the 'younger generation'.

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the song uses the repeated chorus an rethorical question: "war, huh, what is it good for" to create meaning and get listeners to question their own beliefs.many section of the song such as "war can't give life it can only take away" personifies war in order to highlight the the destruction and heartbreak that comes from war.

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The overall tone of War (What Is It Good For) is a tone critiquing the need for the Vietnam War, especially one that the USA has little need to be involved in, and war as a concept, as Starr stresses that all war does is "take [life] away."

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Edwin Starr is providing us with the perspective of the horrors of War, stating "War I despise because it means destruction of innocent lives".

This emphasises on the horrors of war because, Edwin is saying that the more people who die, the more people we fill them back up with and the more trauma they are exposed too. Providing an out look on what soldiers live mean to the families who loose people and the meaninglessness of the soldiers lives for the government.

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This connects with Wilfred Owens poems because the perspective is this uncensored reality of what war is like and how the soldiers are treated.

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in relation to Wilfred owens poem, religious elements are mentioned a numerous amount of times

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"tears to thousands of mothers eyes" this prompts the audience to think about the point of War and the negative effect it is having on the people involved.

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The situation and setting of the song 'War (What is it good for?), it promotes unity and freedom through showing individuals how tough war can be on not only the soldiers but the loved ones left at home.

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The situation is the problems of war and "what is it good for?" Edwin star talks about the impact of war on both soilders and their family members and how war has changed them.

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Highlighting how hopeful or how the younger generation had purpose for their future, but are now being sent to die at war.

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The agression within the song shows how war is unwelcomed and doesn't allow people to live in peace and understanding, without having to think about the idea of war

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The focus point is to demonstrate how pointless war is and how it only provides pain and suffering to solders, and loved ones, neither side benefit from it and not much is gained from war.

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The song appears to address those who believe that war is saving people and those who see war as beneficial to society. As well as talks about the families, particularly the mothers of soldiers who have served in war or passed.

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The song is addressing people living in America during the Vietnam war. The song is arguing with those who defend and support the war through the chorus lines ("What is it good for, You tell me").

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The ideas of war being a "heart-breaker" and "friend only to the undertaker" are repeated at the beginning of the last three verses as a recurring theme. This conveys a position to listeners that war is solely associated with death (seen in references to an undertaker - someone who prepares dead bodies for burial or cremation), and the subsequent suffering endured by loved ones.