The Effects of War in Mametz Wood and Futility
poem, Mametz Wood, focuses on the memories of the soldiers, the way that they are brought freshly into our imagination as the farmer's ploughs turn over the soil with pieces of bone. The poem does not give any evidence as to who they are, or why they were fighting, apart from the title itself, Mametz Wood, which was the scene of a massive battle between the Germans in the wood, and the attacking Welsh soldiers.
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