first world war poetry
first world war poetry
Web definitions
A war poet is a poet written at that time and on the subject of war. This term, at the beginning applied especially to those in military service during World War I. then, documented as early as 1848 in reference to German revolutionary poet, Georg Herwegh
The main figures in the first world war
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)-1
Siegfried Sassoon was perhaps the most innocent of the war poets. John Hildebidle has called Sassoon the "accidental hero." Born into a wealthy Jewish family in 1886, Sassoon lived the pastoral life of a young squire: fox-hunting, playing cricket, golfing and writing romantic verses.
Being an innocent, Sassoon's reaction to the realities of the war were all the more bitter and violent -- both his reaction through his poetry and his reaction on the battlefield (after the death of fellow officer David Thomas and his brother Hamo at Gallipoli). Sassoon sadness, he believed that the Germans were entirely to blame. Sassoon showed innocence by going public to protest against the war. Luckily, his friend and fellow poet Robert Graves convinced the review board that Sassoon was suffering from shell-shock and he was sent instead to the military hospital at Craig Lockhart where he met and influenced Wilfred Owen.
Sassoon is a key figure in the study of the poetry of the Great War: he brought with him to the war the ideal pastoral background. he began by writing war poetry reminiscent of Rupert Brooke. he wrote with such war poets as Robert Graves and Edmund Blunden. he spoke out publicly against the war. he spent thirty years reflecting on the war through his memoirs, and at last he found peace in his religious faith. Some critics found his later poetry lacking in comparison to his war poems.
How to Die" "
Dark clouds are smouldering into red
While down the craters morning burns
The dying soldier shifts his head
To watch the glory that returns
He lifts his fingers toward the skies
Where
Web definitions
A war poet is a poet written at that time and on the subject of war. This term, at the beginning applied especially to those in military service during World War I. then, documented as early as 1848 in reference to German revolutionary poet, Georg Herwegh
The main figures in the first world war
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)-1
Siegfried Sassoon was perhaps the most innocent of the war poets. John Hildebidle has called Sassoon the "accidental hero." Born into a wealthy Jewish family in 1886, Sassoon lived the pastoral life of a young squire: fox-hunting, playing cricket, golfing and writing romantic verses.
Being an innocent, Sassoon's reaction to the realities of the war were all the more bitter and violent -- both his reaction through his poetry and his reaction on the battlefield (after the death of fellow officer David Thomas and his brother Hamo at Gallipoli). Sassoon sadness, he believed that the Germans were entirely to blame. Sassoon showed innocence by going public to protest against the war. Luckily, his friend and fellow poet Robert Graves convinced the review board that Sassoon was suffering from shell-shock and he was sent instead to the military hospital at Craig Lockhart where he met and influenced Wilfred Owen.
Sassoon is a key figure in the study of the poetry of the Great War: he brought with him to the war the ideal pastoral background. he began by writing war poetry reminiscent of Rupert Brooke. he wrote with such war poets as Robert Graves and Edmund Blunden. he spoke out publicly against the war. he spent thirty years reflecting on the war through his memoirs, and at last he found peace in his religious faith. Some critics found his later poetry lacking in comparison to his war poems.
How to Die" "
Dark clouds are smouldering into red
While down the craters morning burns
The dying soldier shifts his head
To watch the glory that returns
He lifts his fingers toward the skies
Where