poem ‘Does it Matter?’ and ‘Survivors’ the poet‚ Siegfried Sassoon is able to intensify the message of the non-combatants misunderstanding of the realities of war. This was by Sassoon using different language techniques such as rhetorical question‚ repetition and onomatopoeia. Rhetorical question is used to intensify the message of the non-combatants misunderstanding of the realities of war in the poem ‘Does it matter?’ by Siegfried Sassoon. Asking ‘does it matter’ reflects that the non-combatants
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Siegfried Sasson Siegfried Sassoon was born on 8 September 1886 in Matfield‚ Kent. His father‚ Alfred Ezra Sassoon‚ was part of a wealthy Jewish merchant family‚ originally from Iran and India‚ and his mother part of the artistic Thorneycroft family. Siegfried had one older brother‚ Michael‚ born in October 1884‚ and one younger brother‚ Hamo‚ born in 1887. His parents separated when he was very young‚ meaning that in his younger years he saw his father only rarely. Alfred died of consumption
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Elisha Owen English Literature ‘Survivors’ by Siegfried Sassoon In his poem ‘Survivors’‚ Siegfried Sassoon gives a satirical portrayal of life in the war. Though short in length‚ his poem is effective in using irony to poignantly expose the facade of war and its effect on the soldiers. Sassoon translates the realities of war into a soliloquy of contemplation and derision and with this the reader gains a sense of the writer’s experience and anger. The opening line gives the
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nation or state. The poet Siegfried Sassoon reveals the true horrors of war suffered by soldiers during World War One through the poems “Does It Matter?” and “The Dug-Out”‚ displaying the loss and youth of innocence‚ brutality and constant presence of death in which soldiers experienced; the reality of the true horrors of war. Siegfried Sassoon was a British soldier during the years of 1914-1918‚ who experienced the true horrors of World War One. Before war‚ Sassoon published small volumes of poetry
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Research. Siegfried Sassoon Siegfried Sassoon was an English poet‚ author and also a solider. He was born on 8th September 1886 and died 1st September 1967. He was known as one of the leading poets of the First World War. He wrote his poems about war and what it was like in the trenches and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who were responsible for the pointless death of millions. He was born at Weirleigh hospital in Matfield‚ Kent. He had a Jewish father and an Anglo-catholic mother
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war time poet‚ Siegfried Sassoon. Through the use of poetic techniques‚ Sassoon’s words had painted a picture conveying his anti-war messages‚ in attempt to break the popular romanticized beliefs the majority population held towards war‚ conveying the ignorance of the public‚ however at the same time praising the love and dedication of the women on the home front. Sassoon’s poem "Glory of women" can be categorized as a war time lyric poem. Like all lyric poems‚ Sassoon had expressed a single speaker’s
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poems‚ a controversial issue has been whether Siegfried Sassoon or Wilfred Owen did a better job of getting their points across. On one hand‚ some argue that Owen did a better job because he wasn’t as angry. Since Owen did not show his anger as much it helped visualize his writings better. On the other hand‚ however‚ others argue that Sassoon did a better job because he did not use complex writing styles. In sum‚ the issue is whether Sassoon did a better job or if Owen knocked it out of the park.
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Glory of Women – Siegfried Sassoon You love us when we’re heroes‚ home on leave‚ Or wounded in a mentionable place. You worship decorations; you believe That chivalry redeems the war’s disgrace. You make us shells. You listen with delight‚ By tales of dirt and danger fondly thrilled. You crown our distant ardours while we fight‚ And mourn our laurelled memories when we’re killed. You can’t believe that British troops "retire" When hell’s last horror breaks them‚ and they run
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died‚ Blown to small bits. And no one seemed to care Except that lonely woman with white hair. Siegfried Sassoon‚ 1917 ___________________________________________________________________________ WRITTEN COMMENTARY The harsh contrast of the soldier’s death to the title of the poem ‘The Hero’ highlights the difference between reality and illusion as faced during the period of War. Sassoon conveys in ‘The Hero’ the ideology that War was not all fun and games as it were portrayed to be. For many
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early 1917. He was sent to Craiglockhart War Hospital after experiencing heavy fighting‚ and there he met Siegfried Sassoon‚ who already had established himself in the writing world and shared views with Owen. The other poet agreed to look over his work‚ and after Owen’s death in 1918‚ Sassoon edited and published Owen’s poems‚ including the famous Dulce et Decorum Est. Siegfried Sassoon was an English poet‚ writer‚ and
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