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Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon

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Birth: 1886-09-08 , Matfield
Death: 1967-09-01 , Heytesbury
Siegfried Sassoon was an English poet and soldier, renowned for his raw and often brutal war poetry written during World War I. His work vividly depicted the horrors of trench warfare, starkly contrasting with the patriotic fervor of the time. Sassoon's poems are characterized by their directness, anger, and profound sense of disillusionment, making him a prominent voice against the romanticization of conflict. He later explored themes of loss, faith, and the complexities of human relationships in his post-war writings.
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Who will remember, passing through this gate, The unheroic dead who fed the guns? Who shall absolve the foulness of their fate— Those doomed, conscripted, unvictorious ones?

On Passing the New Menin Gate [1918]

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