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The men of the Somme -by E Quarman 

"We will never comprehend,
What these men had to contend.
But it is clear, that for some time,
A small corner of hell appeared on Earth." (Quarman).


          This is a quote from a poem about World War I. In my opinion, this part of the poem shows the war is pointless and horrible.
       
          "We will never comprehend, what these men had to contend." (Quarman). This short sentence asks what soldiers fight for during the war. Many people may answer that soldiers fight for the peace. However, realistically, war can only mess up everything in the world. The only peace we can try to contend during the war is to stop the war. Instead, I think soldiers fight for the profits of their country. Colonies, resources, political power are the things countries send their soldiers to contend.
     
          "But it is clear, that for some time, a small corner of hell appeared on Earth." (Quarman). In this poem, the poet uses hell to describe Somme, a city in France where over 1 million soldiers died in WWI. Actually, there isn't a better word for it. Countries lost 1 million people to invade one small city in France. It is kind of interesting that no one ever counted how much resources countries spent on Somme and how much they could get from Somme. While countries finally get some profits from the war, they have already spend a lot on the war. Why can't we devide these resources wisely, so that we can have more?

        
           War is not a good way to gain something. For example, to make Japan surrender in WWII, America dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. Obviously, they achieved the purpose. However, they made over 20 thousand people suffer physically and mentally. America could actually find a better way to make Japan surrender instead of hurting innocent people. In conclusion, this quote teaches me that war is miserable and we should avoid having another war. That is the real peace.

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  Work cited: http://freepoemsonline.blogspot.com/2011/03/men-of-somme-by-e-quarman.html