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The War Poems by Siegfried Sassoon
I - PRELUDE THE TROOPS - DREAMERS - THE REDEEMER - TRENCH DUTY - WIRERS - BREAK OF DAY - A WORKING PARTY - STAND-TO GOOD FRIDAY MORNING - "IN THE PINK" - THE HERO - BEFORE THE BATTLE - THE ROAD - TWO HUNDRED YEARS AFTER - THE DREAM - AT CARNOY - BATTALION RELIEF - THE DUG-OUT - THE REAR-GUARD - I STOOD WITH THE DEAD - SUICIDE IN TRENCHES - ATTACK - COUNTER-ATTACK - THE EFFECT - REMORSE - IN AN UNDERGROUND DRESSING-STATION - DIED OF WOUNDS
II - "THEY" - BASE DETAILS - LAMENTATIONS - THE GENERAL - HOW TO DIE - EDITORIAL IMPRESSIONS - FIGHT TO A FINISH - ATROCITIES - THE FATHERS - "BLIGHTERS" - GLORY OF WOMEN - THEIR FRAILTY - DOES IT MATTER? - SURVIVORS - JOY-BELLS - ARMS AND THE MAN - WHEN I'M AMONG A BLAZE OF LIGHTS - THE KISS - THE TOMBSTONE-MAKER - THE ONE-LEGGED MAN - RETURN OF THE HEROES
III - TWELVE MONTHS AFTER - TO ANY DEAD OFFICER - SICK LEAVE - BANISHMENT - AUTUMN - REPRESSION OF WAR EXPERIENCE - TOGETHER - THE HAWTHORN TREE - CONCERT PARTY - NIGHT ON THE CONVOY - A LETTER HOME - RECONCILIATION - MEMORIAL TABLET (GREAT WAR) - THE DEATH-BED - AFTERMATH - SONG-BOOKS OF THE WAR - EVERYONE SANG
The War Poems edition by Siegfried Sassoon Literature Fiction eBooks
Sassoon's war poems are a way to experience WWI's horrors through the eyes of a most sensitive poet, whose delicacy in description is tops. What a terrible shame that Sassoon was killed in this war as he could have contributed so much to our understanding of any situation.Product details
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The War Poems edition by Siegfried Sassoon Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Great poet.
Reading Sassoon's war poems is a trying experience that sears the soul. If you ever thought being a soldier would be a glorious experience, these poems will disabuse you. But you will also be entranced - I think that is the right word - by the music of the language. Sassoon does not have the incredible rhythms of Kipling or Tennyson. His Poetry is more in keeping with post-expressionism, word pictures that stay with you for a long time. It is a little like seeing Picasso or Kandinski when you are used to Rembrandt or Turner.
sad, beautiful, maddening. Everyone should read these words. They are as poignant today as they were when they were written, a time from which we have unfortunately failed to learn.
Great World War I poetry- well, of course, it is Sassoon. It is well selected and well presented. Good publication.
Genuine ww1 document
I admit I am not one much for poetry, but ever since I read Martin Gilbert's THE FIRST WORLD WAR, which was replete with poetry written in the heat of battle, I've learned that verse is one of the most effective ways for a combat veteran to communicate the experiences of war. Siegfried Sassoon's aptly-titled WAR POEMS, compiled by Rupert Hart-Davis, is less a book of poetry than a guided tour through the muck, duckboards and barbed wire of No Man's Land.
Sassoon was a paradox as a human being. A sensitive and cultivated man and a world-famous poet when still in his twenties, he was also a ferocious fighter on the battlefield, dubbed "Mad Jack" by his men and a holder of the prestigious Military Cross. Disenchanted by the wastage and slaughter he had experienced, in 1917 he wrote a denunciation of the war and was promptly shut up in an asylum in Craiglockhart, Britain, where he composed many of the poems that appear in this book. Later he returned to the front and was shot in the head, but survived and enjoyed a prolific and diverse writing career, somewhat annoyed (as Hart-Davis tells us) that he had gone down in history as a "war poet." Reading this book, however, it is easy to see why.
Hart-Davis has arranged the 111 poems in chronological order, so that the reader can follow Sassoon's emotional journey from a naive young subaltern filled with a quasi-religious sense of mission (in 1915) to an embittered, half-delirious veteran driven to the edge of his sanity by relentless horror. And truly his poems run the range of emotions, from the mundanities of trench life ("A Working Party"; "In An Underground Dressing Station") to the moments before the ball went up ("Before the Batlle") to fury of combat itself ("Counter Attack") and its aftermath ("Died of Wounds"). Every aspect of the war is discussed, from war-fever to cowardice, from the bungling and incompetence of generals to the bluster of civilians back in England. Sometimes he's filled with rage and grief; other times with admiration and pathos (as with "Remorse", his paen to German prisoners run through with bayonets after an attack). But always there's the keen intelligence, the gift for words, the startling ability to convey image in just a few syllables, that mark the true genius-writer. See "The General"
"Good morning, good morning" the general said
When we met him last week on our way to the line
Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of 'em dead
And we're cursing his staff for incompetent swine
"He's a cheery old card," grunted Harry to Jack
As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack.
But he did for them both with his plan of attack.
Of course quoting from the best of the WAR POEMS would fill 30 pages, so I'll leave you with the words of "Base Details."
If I were fierce, and bald, and short of breath,
I'd live with scarlet Majors at the Base,
and speed young heroes up the line to death.
You'd see my puffy petulant face,
Guzzling and gulping in the best hotel,
Reading the Roll of Honor, "Poor young chap."
I'd say -- "I used to know his father well;
Yes, we lost heavily in this last scrap."
And when the war is done and youth stone dead,
I'd toddle safely home and die -- in bed.
Sassoon's poetry is incredibly rich, but do NOT buy this version. The publisher incorrectly states (twice) on the back cover that this is a collection of WWII poetry. In fact, Sassoon was one of several remarkable British poets who served in WW 1. The error places this great work in the wrong historical context, which diminishes it. I highly recommend the poetry; fortunately, there are other versions that are available.
Sassoon's war poems are a way to experience WWI's horrors through the eyes of a most sensitive poet, whose delicacy in description is tops. What a terrible shame that Sassoon was killed in this war as he could have contributed so much to our understanding of any situation.
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