H/W- due Monday 6th sEPT

What is the poetic voice of this poem (EG: 1st / 3rd person; who)? What is significant / interesting about the way Sassoon uses it in this poem?

List all the verbs Sassoon uses to describe the soldier’s grief – what effect does this have?

Why does Sassoon describe the soldier as lying ‘half-naked’ – how does this present the soldier?

Do you think the last two lines represent Sassoon’s true feelings? Whose viewpoint does he represent here?

What is Sassoon’s overall attitude to the war and military authorities?

eNJOY- and read that link below.

And watch and laugh at Tu Bao's video.

Link to read

check out this link - interesting thesis on Sassoon and Owen- especially good on social/ historical context/ impact on their poetry.


http://web.mit.edu/bnewbold/Public/tomschilling-21L-thesis-FINAL.pdf