War Poems - Everyman's Library Pocket Poets S.

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Poets of all times, places and sensibilities have been moved to write about war. Here, in this anthology, there is more than 100 of their most memorable poems.'

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Published
24/09/1999

Publisher
Everyman's Library

ISBN
9781857157406

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It is perhaps comforting to think that, from something as terrible and as barbaric as war, something beautiful, albeit disturbing, should arise. Old favourites are here - Wilfred Owen's 'Dulce et Decorum Est' and Rupert Brooke's 'The Dead' have lost none of their impact in 100 years and speak hauntingly of the horrors of World War - but there are others. 'Achilles over the Trench', along with other extracts from the Iliad translated by Tennyson, tell of the long Trojan War in which the Achaeans sacked Troy and attained honour and victory, whereas, in contrast, Thomas Gunn sharply draws the 'lumpish soldier out of work' in 'Captain in Time of Peace'. This is a stirring anthology of poetry which celebrates the glory and illuminates the horrors of war through powerful words. (Kirkus UK)