War Poems by Siegfried Sassoon. A Childs Prayer. For Morn, my dome of blue A Letter Home. HERE I'm sitting in the gloom A Mystic as Soldier. I lived my days apart A Poplar and the Moon. There stood a Poplar, tall and straight A Subaltern. HE turned to me with his kind, sleepy gaze. Dreamers 1 Soldiers are citizens of death’s grayland, 2 Drawing no dividend from time’s to-morrows. 3 In the great hourof destinytheystand, 4 Eachwith his feuds, and jealousies, and sorrows. 5 Soldiers are sworn to action; theymustwin 6 Some flaming, fatal climaxwith their lives. 7 Soldiers are dreamers;when the guns begin 8 Theythink of firelit homes, clean beds, andwives. – Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo. Siegfried Sassoon is best remembered for his angry and compassionate poems about World War I, which brought him public and critical acclaim. Avoiding the sentimentality and jingoism of many war poets, Sassoon wrote of the horror and brutality of trench warfare and contemptuously satirized generals, politicians, and churchmen for their incompetence and .
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC ( - ) Sassoon was born in Matfield, Kent to a Jewish father and Protestant mother. He dropped out of University after a couple of years studying law and history, and spent his time, hunting, playing cricket and privately publishing some of his own poetry. Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC was an eminent English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches, and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a. Siegfried Sassoon, born in England in , is best known for his poems inspired by his experiences in World War I. Also a novelist, Sassoon died on September 1,
War Poems by Siegfried Sassoon. A Childs Prayer. For Morn, my dome of blue A Letter Home. HERE I'm sitting in the gloom A Mystic as Soldier. I lived my days apart A Poplar and the Moon. There stood a Poplar, tall and straight A Subaltern. HE turned to me with his kind, sleepy gaze. Siegfried Sassoon. (Matfield) – (Heytesbury) Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC was an eminent English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches, and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism-fuelled war. Suicide In The Trenches. Sneak home and pray you’ll never know. The hell where youth and laughter go. In ‘Suicide In The Trenches’, Sassoon simultaneously examines the psychological effects of the war and exposes the gulf between soldiers and civilians.
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