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Pages in category "World War I poems" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. ... On being asked for a War Poem; On Receiving News of the War;
"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres. According to legend ...
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
An orthodox selection of poets and poems emerged during the 1960s, which often remains the standard in modern collections and distorts the impression of World War I poetry. [3] This selection tends to emphasize the horror of war, suffering, tragedy and anger against those that wage war.
This category is for poets who wrote war poetry around the time of World War I. Subcategories This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total.
Throughout the poem, and particularly strong in the last stanza, there is a running commentary, a letter to Jessie Pope, a civilian propagandist of World War I, who encouraged—"with such high zest"—young men to join the battle, through her poetry, e.g. "Who's for the game?" The first draft of the poem, indeed, was dedicated to Pope. [6]
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon CBE MC (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English war poet, writer, and soldier.Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, [1] he became one of the leading poets of the First World War.
This anthology was one of several collections of war poetry published in the UK during the war. It "achieved large sales", [1] and was reprinted in February 1918. It has been referenced in several analyses of First World War poetry and has been described as "the most celebrated collection of the war years". [1]