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What attitudes to World War One does Siegfried Sassoon display in his poetry?
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What attitudes to World War One does Siegfried Sassoon display in his poetry? During the period from 1914-1918 one of the most tragic events to happen to mankind occurred in the form of World War One, in fact people have described it as, 'The war to end all wars'. Thousands upon thousands of young men and boys rushed to the front line to fight for their country feeling it was their honorary duty and would have been shunned if they did not, in what was called, 'The great and glorious war', which is so very ironic. Never has the contrast between fantasy and reality been so valid and revealing. To help emphasise the soldier's outlook many of them wrote about their experiences in the form of letters or poetry, of these, perhaps the best example to use would be Siegfried Sassoon. Sassoon makes the readers aware of the horrors and...
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