Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon1886–196719th century Siegfried Loraine Sassoon was an English war poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches and satirized the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism-fuelled war. Sassoon became a focal point for dissent within the armed forces when he made a lone protest against the continuation of the war with his "Soldier's Declaration" of July 1917, which resulted in his being sent to the Craiglockhart War Hospital. During this period, Sassoon met and formed a friendship with Wilfred Owen, who was greatly influenced by him. Sassoon later won acclaim for his prose work, notably his three-volume, fictionalised autobiography, collectively known as the Sherston trilogy.
Poems
150 poems- A LETTER HOME14 lines
- A WORKING PARTY83 lines
- Absolution8 lines
- AFTERMATH28 lines
- ANCIENT HISTORY14 lines
- And couldn’t blow my horn.9 lines
- And hurls their martyred music toppling down.9 lines
- And slow to press a beaten fox.5 lines
- ARMS AND THE MAN31 lines
- AT CARNOY9 lines
- ATROCITIES13 lines
- Attack13 lines
- Audio formats available:5 lines
- AUTUMN9 lines
- BANISHMENT14 lines
- BASE DETAILS10 lines
- BATALLION RELIEF23 lines
- BATTALION RELIEF23 lines
- BEFORE THE BATTLE14 lines
- BREAK OF DAY57 lines
- But where’s the use of life and being glad8 lines
- BUTTERFLIES12 lines
- BY7 lines
- BY THE AUTHOR OF15 lines
- CINEMA HERO32 lines
- CONCERT PARTY24 lines
- CONSCRIPTS138 lines
- COUNTER-ATTACK39 lines
- DEAD MUSICIANS9 lines
- December 20075 lines
- DEVOTION TO DUTY12 lines
- DIED OF WOUNDS12 lines
- DOES IT MATTER?15 lines
- DREAMERS14 lines
- EARLY CHRONOLOGY27 lines
- EDITORIAL IMPRESSION19 lines
- EDITORIAL IMPRESSIONS19 lines
- ELEGY13 lines
- EVERYONE SANG11 lines
- EVERYONE SANG 9528 lines
- FANCY DRESS12 lines
- FIGHT TO A FINISH13 lines
- GLORY OF WOMEN14 lines
- HOW TO DIE16 lines
- I STOOD WITH THE DEAD12 lines
- IDYLL12 lines
- II11 lines
- II8 lines
- II16 lines
- II21 lines
- II8 lines
- III12 lines
- III12 lines
- III8 lines
- III44 lines
- Il5 lines
- IN 'CLEOPATRA'13 lines
- IN AN UNDERGROUND DRESSING-STATION9 lines
- IN BARRACKS16 lines
- IN THE PINK18 lines
- INVOCATION16 lines
- It seems we’re all like children sucking sweets4 lines
- IV6 lines
- JOY-BELLS12 lines
- LAMENTATIONS10 lines
- LIMITATIONS42 lines
- LOVERS14 lines
- MEMORIAL TABLET15 lines
- MEMORY15 lines
- MIDDLE-AGES16 lines
- MIRACLES12 lines
- NIGHT ON THE CONVOY25 lines
- Nor have the wit to keep him on the talk P10 lines
- NOTE31 lines
- On a young huntsman keen to show some sport.8 lines
- Once in a way the parson will drop in4 lines
- PARTED23 lines
- PHANTOM13 lines
- PICTURE-SHOW13 lines
- PRELUDE TO AN UNWRITTEN MASTERPIECE30 lines
- Quietly they set their burden down: he tried7 lines
- RECONCILIATION9 lines
- REMORSE14 lines
- REPRESSION OF WAR EXPERIENCE40 lines
- RETURN OF THE HEROES10 lines
- Riding home5 lines
- Sassoon the Man41 lines
- Sassoon the Poet65 lines
- Section 2.15 lines
- Section 3.16 lines
- Section 4.27 lines
- Section 5.23 lines
- SICK LEAVE13 lines
- SLUMBER-SONG14 lines
- SONG-BOOKS OF THE WAR24 lines
- SPORTING ACQUAINTANCES14 lines
- SUICIDE IN THE TRENCHES13 lines
- SUICIDE IN TRENCHES13 lines
- SURVIVORS12 lines
- That keeps the time of life with feeble tick7 lines
- That’s what I’m doing now.7 lines
- THE DARK HOUSE16 lines
- The Dragon and the Undying5 lines
- THE DREAM10 lines
- THE DUG-OUT10 lines
- THE EFFECT21 lines
- THE FATHERS23 lines
- The figure of a man the old Duke was6 lines
- THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE7 lines
- THE GENERAL8 lines
- THE GOLDSMITH11 lines
- The Grandeur of Ghosts12 lines
- THE HAWTHORN TREE14 lines
- THE HERO18 lines
- THE IMPERFECT LOVER30 lines
- THE INVESTITURE14 lines
- THE KISS12 lines
- The Old Huntsman13 lines
- THE ONE-LEGGED MAN12 lines
- THE PORTRAIT24 lines
- THE REAR-GUARD26 lines
- THE REDEEMER36 lines
- The Road18 lines
- THE TOMBSTONE-MAKER14 lines
- THE TRIUMPH8 lines
- THE WAR POEMS OF SIEGFRIED SASSOON11 lines
- THEIR FRAILTY12 lines
- Then in a moment seen him mobbed and torn9 lines
- This audio reading of The Road is read by51 lines
- This file should be named 23934.txt.19 lines
- This world’s a funny place to live in. Soon15 lines
- THRUSHES10 lines
- TO42 lines
- TO A CHILDLESS WOMAN24 lines
- TO A VERY WISE MAN9 lines
- TO ANY DEAD OFFICER41 lines
- TO ROBERT ROSS54 lines
- TOGETHER14 lines
- TRENCH DUTY14 lines
- TWELVE MONTHS AFTER15 lines
- TWO HUNDRED YEARS AFTER14 lines
- Two Hundred Years Later14 lines
- Until she’d wed another. So I’ve loved6 lines
- VISION8 lines
- Voices moving about in the quiet house:22 lines
- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAID14 lines
- When foxes ran down wind and scent was catchy!10 lines
- WIRERS13 lines
- With forty couple when the quiet skies5 lines
- WRAITHS12 lines