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3.0 out of 5 stars
reminded me of Lord of the Rings,
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This review is from: Great Poets of World War I: Poetry from the Great War (Hardcover)
There is a book called Great Poets of World War I, Poetry from the Great War (2002) by Jon Stallworthy that says a true poet has to tell the truth. After a few years of British soldiers fighting to keep their favorite spots at home from being overrun by invading Huns, Siegfried Loraine Sassoon received a sniper's bullet in his chest, returned to England, and in "an act of wilful defiance of military authority" made a statement that:
I believe that this war, upon which I entered as a war of defence and liberation, has now become a war of aggresion and conquest. . . . I have seen and endured the suffering of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolong these sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust. (p. 69). |
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Great Poets of World War I: Poetry from the Great War by Jon Stallworthy (Hardcover - October 29, 2002)
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