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"Grodek" examines the relationship between autumn, which symbolizes the death of nature, and war. The poem juxtaposes the quiet splendor of autumn and the violent sights and sounds of battle. [6] Like many of his poems, the motif of evening appears in "Grodek", as does another common motif of his, silence.
A poem by Trakl inscribed on a plaque in Mirabell Garden, Salzburg.. Georg Trakl (3 February 1887 – 3 November 1914) was an Austrian poet and the brother of the pianist Grete Trakl.
Battle of Grodek, Battle of Gródek or Battle of Horodok may refer to the following battles in Gródek (now Horodok in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine): Battle of Horodok (1655) during the Russo-Polish War 1654–1667; Battle of Gródek (1914) during World War I, inspiration for the poem Grodek by Georg Trakl; Battle of Gródek (1915) during World War I
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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 ...
In 1915, John McCrae, a Canadian army doctor, wrote the poem In Flanders Fields as a salute to those who perished in the war. It is still recited today, especially on Remembrance Day and Memorial Day. [336] [337] A typical village war memorial to soldiers killed in World War I
Battle of Grodek, Battle of Gródek or Battle of Horodok may refer to the following battles in Gródek (now Horodok in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine): Battle of Horodok (1655) during the Russo-Polish War 1654–1667; Battle of Gródek (1914) during World War I, inspiration for the poem Grodek by Georg Trakl; Battle of Gródek (1915) during World War I
Patrick Houston Shaw-Stewart (17 August 1888 – 30 December 1917) was a British scholar and poet of the Edwardian era who died on active service as a battalion commander in the Royal Naval Division during the First World War. He is best remembered today for his "Achilles in the Trench", one of the best-known war poems of the First World War.