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the war poets (Siegfried Sassoon (1886/1967) (characteristic of poetry:…
the war poets
Siegfried Sassoon (1886/1967)
wealthy family
pastoral life
innocent attitude
pacifist
1917 protest
house of common
hospital shell-shock
Wilfred Owen
collection of 2 poems:
' the old huntsman' 1917
' counter attack' 1918
characteristic of poetry:
bitter and violent reaction
irony
satire
sardoninc distancing
shocking and realistic detail
denunce of:
political errors
soldiers death sacrificed
Isaac Rosenberg ( 1890/1918)
working- class
talented artistic
portrait artist(1916/1918)
war
poetry
1922 ' Collected Works'
modernist technique
unsentimental
realistic and shocking details
irony
paradox and contrast
simple language