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|author = [[w:Siegfried Sassoon|Siegfried Sassoon]] | |||
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|written = {{date|1916-10-31|MDY}} | |||
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|country = United Kingdom | |||
|language = English | |||
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|subject = {{c|World War I}} | |||
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|publication_date = {{date|1918}} | |||
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The Bishop tells us: “When the boys come back{{refn|Having returned as an invalid in 1917 from the European front, Sassoon had a change of heart about the war and began to express his concerns publicly and with his poetry.}} | The Bishop tells us: “When the boys come back{{refn|Having returned as an invalid in 1917 from the European front, Sassoon had a change of heart about the war and began to express his concerns publicly and with his poetry ({{harvnb|Abrams|1986|p=1898}}).}} | ||
They will not be the same; for | They will not be the same; for they’ll have fought | ||
In a just cause: they lead the last attack | In a just cause: they lead the last attack | ||
On Anti-Christ; their comrades’ blood has bought | On Anti-Christ; their comrades’ blood has bought | ||
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===Works Cited=== | ===Works Cited=== | ||
* Norton . . | * {{cite book |editor-last=Abrams |editor-first=M. H. |date={{date|1986}} |title=The Norton Anthology of English Literature |volume=2 |edition=Fifth |url= |location=New York |publisher=W. W. Norton }} | ||
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[[Category:World War I]] | |||
[[Category:Poetry]] | [[Category:Poetry]] | ||
[[Category:Literary]] | [[Category:Literary]] | ||
[[Category:20th Century]] | [[Category:20th Century]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:16, 16 August 2021
| by Siegfried Sassoon | |
.jpg) Siegfried Sassoon by George Charles Beresford (1915) | |
| Written | October 31, 1916 |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | World War I |
| Publication date | 1918 |
| Lines | 12 |
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The Bishop tells us: “When the boys come back[1] |
Notes and Commentary
- ↑ Having returned as an invalid in 1917 from the European front, Sassoon had a change of heart about the war and began to express his concerns publicly and with his poetry (Abrams 1986, p. 1898).
Works Cited
- Abrams, M. H., ed. (1986). The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 2 (Fifth ed.). New York: W. W. Norton.