Gathered from The Old Huntsman and Counter-Attack, these poems record the Western Front as Sassoon, an infantry officer decorated for bravery, saw it: cheery generals who send men to die, a soldier raving with grief for his brother, attacks at dawn, the dead in the trenches and the complacency of those at home.
Some of the most famous protest poetry in English, essential for anyone reading about the First World War. Download the free EPUB.