First World War poems
By: edited by Jane McMorland Hunter
Publisher: National Trust
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781909881105
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Poetry; English poetry; Literature
Description: This is an anthology of over 100 poems written during and about the First World War. There are all the famous frontline poets - including Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Edward Thomas - but also civilians writing from the Home Front, including Rudyard Kipling and Vera Brittain. The poems are organised into themed chapters, ranging from the war in the air to the impact on families and sweethearts and even the contribution of animals.