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Siegfried loraine sassoon, cbe, mc 8 september 1886 1 september 1967 was an english poet, writer, and soldier. The war poems of siegfried sassoon wikisource, the free. Siegfried sassoon 18861967 was born into a wealthy anglojewish family and his early life was comfortable and leisured, dominated by sports and country pursuits. He primmed his loose red mouth and leaned his head against a sorrowing angels breast, and said. Siegfried sassoon is best remembered for his angry and compassionate poems about world war i, which brought him public and critical acclaim. The first english soldierpoet to achieve notoriety as an opponent of the war, he ranks among the conflicts most critical poetic voices. Jan 22, 2005 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Mar 24, 2017 this collection of poems was first published in 1919 london, w. The war poems of siegfried sassoon wikisource, the free online.
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