So as it's 100 years since the end of WW1 and armistice day I wondered how the soldier's (and others that survived) who wrote the famous poetry, viewed it and the way it shaped their experience in the generation(s) after the war.
Not to discourage further discussion, but /u/NMW answered a related question a while ago here.
EDIT: I now realise that I missed the point slightly, but lower down there is an older answer linked that is of somewhat greater relevance.