War Collections
Preserving the stories of the First and Second World Wars
Intro to WW1 Poetry - Sidebar
Introduction to Tutorial What is War Poetry? Wilfred Owen Biography Poem: Disabled Siegfried Sassoon Biography Poem: Survivors Edward Thomas Isaac Rosenberg Trench Poetry
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This seminar is intended as an introduction to First World War poetry. In order to provide a focus for this seminar, all of the 'featured' poems have been selected for their appropriateness to a given theme. The theme selected is that of injury and the physical, mental and other consequences of this.
The Poems
In most cases each poet or topic includes the following:
- An introduction to the poet/topic
- A featured poem, appropriate to the seminar's theme
- Some literary criticism of the featured poem
- Other relevant information or texts
- A selection of other poems appropriate to the poet/topic