Both poems, "Children in Wartime" and "The End of Summer" express horror in excellent ways; but "Children in Wartime" expresses it in a context that is related to war, so it is obviously better. However, this does not mean that "The End of Summer" is a great poem, it is just that it is not meant to be interpreted as a war poem. In fact, it aims at the horrors of Terrorism; an episode that took place in London.
In one case we can see full descriptions of a bomb attack in WWI and how people dealt with these horrific, but true occurrences, and on the other hand we have a beautiful summer day, which is completely shattered by a "trembling hand". However, when it comes to wartime-horror descriptions "Children in Wartime" is the winner.
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