Selected Poems
Author: first_name: Siegfried
last_name: Sassoon
Language: English
Year: 1925

Siegfried Sassoon, best known for his outspoken opinions on the futility of war, is portrayed in these poems as an observer, an observer of the wonder and beauty of life and an admirer of innocence, the innocence of youth, of nature, of all that remains as yet unexposed to the realism of mankind's brutality, inhumanity and penchant for armed conflict to assuage a mad hunger for vengeance. 
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This set of poems explores aspects of Sassoon that are essential in an attempt to understand the