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The Hero. Siegfried Sassoon. 1886 –. 1967. "Jack fell as he'd have wished," the Mother said, And folded up the letter that she'd read. "The Colonel writes so nicely." Something broke. In the tired voice that quavered to a choke.
The Hero Lyrics. 'Jack fell as he'd have wished,' the mother said, And folded up the letter that she'd read. 'The Colonel writes so nicely.' Something broke. In the tired voice that quivered to a...
“The Hero,” by the English poet Sigfried Sassoon (1886-1967), is one of the many notable lyrics Sassoon wrote in response to World War I. Sassoon himself was a war hero, known for his unusual...
Analysis (ai): "The Hero" is a satirical poem that critiques the glorification of war and the idealized image of heroism prevalent during World War I. It contrasts the mother's idealized perception of her son as a "hero" with the reality of his cowardly and chaotic death, showing the disparity between wartime propaganda and the brutality of battle.
The Hero, by Siegfried Sassoon. ‘JACK fell as he’d have wished,’ the Mother said, And folded up the letter that she’d read. ‘The Colonel writes so nicely.’. Something broke. In the tired voice that quavered to a choke. She half looked up. ‘We mothers are so proud. Of our dead soldiers.’. Then her face was bowed.
The Hero Full Text - Text of the Poem - Owl Eyes. 'Jack fell as he'd have wished,' the Mother said, And folded up the letter that she'd read. 'The Colonel writes so nicely.'. Something broke. In the tired voice that quavered to a choke. She half looked up.
May 13, 2011 · An analysis of the The Hero poem by Siegfried Sassoon including schema, poetic form, metre, stanzas and plenty more comprehensive statistics.
May 13, 2011 · The Hero. Siegfried Sassoon 1886 (Matfield) – 1967 (Heytesbury) Family. War. 'Jack fell as he'd have wished,' the mother said, And folded up the letter that she'd read. 'The Colonel writes so nicely.' Something broke. In the tired voice that quavered to a choke. She half looked up. 'We mothers are so proud. Of our dead soldiers.'
"The Hero" is an anti-war poem. Significant literary devices and figures of speech it uses include irony, dialogue, contrast, alliteration, cliche, and imagery to convey the anti-heroic...
The Hero, by Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon (1886-1967), is one of the disputed war poems this British officer and poet wrote in the period 1915-1918. When The Hero appeared in print, in 1917, many people were shocked. Fellow-officers condemned him.
