Comparison of Both
It is obvious that both these poem/song are against and protest the horror that is war. These both written at different times, Homecoming was written about the Vietnam war back in the 1960s and Hero of war was written about the more modern wars around 2006-2007. What inspired Bruce Dawe to write his poem was watching the fallen troops come home in caskets. Hero of War was inspired by the 2006 documentary The Ground Truth: After The Killing Ends which focuses on post-traumatic stress disorder. And we can hear this in the song cause it sounds like a soldier looking back on and singing about his experiences.