The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon

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CONTENTS
I

PRELUDE: THE TROOPS
DREAMERS
THE REDEEMER
TRENCH DUTY
WIRERS
BREAK OF DAY
A WORKING PARTY
STAND-TO: GOOD FRIDAY MORNING
THE HERO
BEFORE THE BATTLE
THE ROAD
TWO HUNDRED YEARS AFTER
THE DREAM
AT CARNOY
BATTALION RELIEF
THE DUG-OUT
THE REAR-GUARD
I STOOD WITH THE DEAD
SUICIDE IN TRENCHES
ATTACK
COUNTER-ATTACK
THE EFFECT
REMORSE
IN AN UNDERGROUND DRESSING-STATION
DIED OF WOUNDS

II

“THEY”
BASE DETAILS
LAMENTATIONS
THE GENERAL
HOW TO DIE
EDITORIAL IMPRESSION
FIGHT TO A FINISH
ATROCITIES
THE FATHERS
“BLIGHTERS”
GLORY OF WOMEN
THEIR FRAILTY
DOES IT MATTER?
SURVIVORS
JOY-BELLS
ARMS AND THE MAN
WHEN I’M AMONG A BLAZE OF LIGHTS ...
THE KISS
THE TOMBSTONE-MAKER
THE ONE-LEGGED MAN
RETURN OF THE HEROES

III

TWELVE MONTHS AFTER
TO ANY DEAD OFFICER
SICK LEAVE
BANISHMENT
AUTUMN
REPRESSION OF WAR EXPERIENCE
TOGETHER
THE HAWTHORN TREE
CONCERT PARTY
NIGHT ON THE CONVOY
A LETTER HOME
RECONCILIATION
MEMORIAL TABLET
THE DEATH-BED
AFTERMATH
SONG-BOOKS OF THE WAR
EVERYONE SANG