“Into Battle” by Julian Grenfell and “Counter-Attack” by Siegfried Sassoon are two poems with different ways of looking at combat. “Into Battle” shows a positive view of war and that is how the brave young men who enlisted in the army would have felt. Grenfell uses gentle wars to describe even the most horrific moments of war. On the other hand, “Counter-Attack,” unlike “Into Battle,” is a negative view of war. From the start there is no hope, the soldiers seem helpless. Sassoon uses very descriptive negative words, he describes in detail the cruel reality of war. The poem “Into Battle” was written before the war, soon turning the audience into soldiers. The time period of this poem was crucial, the fact is that the poem glorifies war. The words “warm with spring” and “sunny breeze” are not often used to describe the war lifestyle. Grenfell uses his words to encourage the new soldiers and to change their thought process so that it is capable of handling the horrible realities of war. “Counterattack” described...