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POETRY COLLECTION Poems of theGreat War

Poems of the Great War

McCrae, Brooke, Sassoon and Owen · 19 poems · 37 pages · free to read · for teens and adults

The First World War through the eyes of the soldier-poets: early hope, the trenches, grief and remembrance.

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Contents

  1. In Flanders Fields John McCrae (open in book)
  2. Peace Rupert Brooke (open in book)
  3. The Soldier Rupert Brooke (open in book)
  4. The Dead (III) Rupert Brooke (open in book)
  5. The Dead (IV) Rupert Brooke (open in book)
  6. The Anxious Dead John McCrae (open in book)
  7. Dreamers Siegfried Sassoon (open in book)
  8. Attack Siegfried Sassoon (open in book)
  9. The General Siegfried Sassoon (open in book)
  10. Base Details Siegfried Sassoon (open in book)
  11. Does It Matter? Siegfried Sassoon (open in book)
  12. Survivors Siegfried Sassoon (open in book)
  13. Anthem for Doomed Youth Wilfred Owen (open in book)
  14. Futility Wilfred Owen (open in book)
  15. The Hawthorn Tree Siegfried Sassoon (open in book)
  16. Reconciliation Siegfried Sassoon (open in book)
  17. Aftermath Siegfried Sassoon (open in book)
  18. Everyone Sang Siegfried Sassoon (open in book)
  19. Disarmament John McCrae (open in book)

Sources

Poets in this book

John McCrae1872–1918 · CanadaRead the bookRupert Brooke1887–1915 · EnglandRead the bookSiegfried Sassoon1886–1967 · EnglandRead the bookWilfred Owen1893–1918 · EnglandRead the book

The poems in this collection are in the public domain. This is a reading edition, not a Pagine Original.

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