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Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, [1] he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches and satirized the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism -fuelled war. [2]
Learn about the life and poetry of Siegfried Sassoon, a prominent war poet and novelist who protested the war and wrote realistically about trench warfare. Explore his autobiographical novels, his critical biography of George Meredith, and his religious poems.
Jul 9, 2024 · Siegfried Sassoon (born Sept. 8, 1886, Brenchley, Kent, Eng.—died Sept. 1, 1967, Heytesbury, Wiltshire) was an English poet and novelist, known for his antiwar poetry and for his fictionalized autobiographies, praised for their evocation of English country life.
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Sep 10, 2016 · A guest post by Grace Freeman that introduces ten of the best poems by the British war poet Siegfried Sassoon. Learn about his life, his influence on Owen, and his themes of satire, truth, and loss.
A poem by the British soldier and poet Siegfried Sassoon, who witnessed and survived the horrors of World War I. The poem depicts a failed counter-attack from the perspective of a wounded soldier, using vivid and brutal imagery.
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,...
Learn about the life and works of Siegfried Sassoon, an English war poet and novelist who wrote about his experiences in World War One. Find out how he became a pacifist, influenced Wilfred Owen, and converted to Catholicism.
