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  2. War poetry - Wikipedia

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    Siegfried Sassoon, a British war poet famous for his poetry written during the First World War.. War poetry is poetry on the topic of war. While the term is applied especially to works of the First World War, [1] the term can be applied to poetry about any war, including Homer's Iliad, from around the 8th century BC as well as poetry of the American Civil War, the Spanish Civil War, the ...

  3. List of war poets - Wikipedia

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    Siegfried Sassoon, a British war poet famous for his poetry written during the First World War. This is a partial list of authors known to have composed war poetry . Pre-1500

  4. Anthem for Doomed Youth - Wikipedia

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    Even its indentations are irregular, not following its own rhyme scheme. Much of the second half of the poem is dedicated to funeral rituals suffered by those families deeply affected by the First World War. The poem does this by following the sorrow of common soldiers in trench warfare, perhaps the battle of the Somme, or Passchendaele.

  5. Sonnet 55 - Wikipedia

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    Sonnet 55 is interpreted as a poem in part about time and immortalization. The poet claims that his poem will outlast palaces and cities, and keep the young man's good qualities alive until the Last Judgement. The sonnet traces the progression of time, from the physical endeavours built by man (monuments, statues, masonry), as well as the ...

  6. List of epic poems - Wikipedia

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    Mu'allaqat, Arabic poems written by seven poets in Classical Arabic, these poems are very similar to epic poems and specially the poem of Antarah ibn Shaddad; Parsifal by Richard Wagner (opera, composed 1880–1882) Pasyón, Filipino religious epic, of which the 1703 and 1814 versions are popular; Popol Vuh, history of the K'iche' people

  7. Category:World War II poems - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "World War II poems" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb; T. Typhoid Sufferers (poem) W.

  8. An Irish Airman Foresees His Death - Wikipedia

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    The poem is a soliloquy given by an aviator in the First World War in which the narrator describes the circumstances surrounding his imminent death. The poem is a work that discusses the role of Irish soldiers fighting for the United Kingdom during a time when they were trying to establish independence for Ireland. Wishing to show restraint ...

  9. Category:World War I poems - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "World War I poems" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.