Siegfried Sassoon

Poems by Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English war poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches and satirized the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism-fuelled war. Sassoon became a focal point for dissent within the armed forces when he made a lone protest against the continuation of the war with his 'Soldier's Declaration' of July 1917, which resulted in his being sent to the Craiglockhart War Hospital. During this period, Sassoon met and formed a friendship with Wilfred Owen, who was greatly influenced by him. Sassoon later won acclaim for his prose work, notably his three-volume, fictionalised autobiography, collectively known as the Sherston trilogy.

Poems

  • 'Blighters' Read Poem
  • 'They' Read Poem
  • A Child's Prayer Read Poem
  • A Letter Home Read Poem
  • A Mystic As Soldier Read Poem
  • A Poplar And The Moon Read Poem
  • A Subaltern Read Poem
  • A Wanderer Read Poem
  • A Whispered Tale Read Poem
  • A Working Party Read Poem
  • Absolution Read Poem
  • Aftermath Read Poem
  • Alone Read Poem
  • An Old French Poet Read Poem
  • Ancestors Read Poem
  • Ancient History Read Poem
  • Arcady Unheeding Read Poem
  • Arms And The Man Read Poem
  • At Carnoy Read Poem
  • At Daybreak Read Poem
  • At The Cenotaph Read Poem
  • Atrocities Read Poem
  • Attack Read Poem
  • Autumn Read Poem
  • Banishment Read Poem
  • Base Details Read Poem
  • Battalion-Relief Read Poem
  • Because We Are Going Read Poem
  • Before Day Read Poem
  • Before The Battle Read Poem
  • Blind Read Poem
  • Bombardment Read Poem
  • Break Of Day Read Poem
  • Butterflies Read Poem
  • Christ And The Soldier Read Poem
  • Companions Read Poem
  • Concert Party Read Poem
  • Conscripts Read Poem
  • Counter-Attack Read Poem
  • David Cleek Read Poem
  • Daybreak In A Garden Read Poem
  • Dead Musicians Read Poem
  • Devotion To Duty Read Poem
  • Died Of Wounds Read Poem
  • Does It Matter? Read Poem
  • Dream-Forest Read Poem
  • Dreamers Read Poem
  • Dryads Read Poem
  • Editorial Impressions Read Poem
  • Elegy Read Poem
  • Enemies Read Poem
  • Everyone Sang Read Poem
  • Ex-Service Read Poem
  • Falling Asleep Read Poem
  • Fancy Dress Read Poem
  • Fight To A Finish Read Poem
  • France Read Poem
  • Glory Of Women Read Poem
  • Goblin Revel Read Poem
  • Golgotha Read Poem
  • Grandeur Of Ghosts Read Poem
  • Haunted Read Poem
  • How To Die Read Poem
  • I Stood With The Dead Read Poem
  • Idyll Read Poem
  • In An Underground Dressing Station Read Poem
  • In Barracks Read Poem
  • In Me, Past, Present, Future meet Read Poem
  • In The Pink Read Poem
  • Invocation Read Poem
  • Joy-Bells Read Poem
  • Lamentations Read Poem
  • Limitations Read Poem
  • Lovers Read Poem
  • Memorial Tablet Read Poem
  • Memory Read Poem
  • Microcosmos Read Poem
  • Middle-Ages Read Poem
  • Miracles Read Poem
  • Morning Express Read Poem
  • Morning-Glory Read Poem
  • Morning-Land Read Poem
  • Night On The Convoy Read Poem
  • Night-Piece Read Poem
  • Nimrod In September Read Poem
  • Noah Read Poem
  • October Read Poem
  • On Passing The New Menin Gate Read Poem
  • Parted Read Poem
  • Picture-Show Read Poem
  • Prelude To An Unwritten Masterpiece Read Poem
  • Prelude: The Troops Read Poem
  • Reconciliation Read Poem
  • Remorse Read Poem
  • Repression Of War Experience Read Poem
  • Return Of The Heroes Read Poem
  • Sassoon's Public Statement Of Defiance Read Poem
  • Secret Music Read Poem
  • Sick Leave Read Poem
  • Slumber-Song Read Poem
  • Solar Eclipse Read Poem
  • Song-Books Of The War Read Poem
  • South Wind Read Poem
  • Sporting Acquaintances Read Poem
  • Stand-To: Good Friday Morning Read Poem
  • Storm and Sunlight Read Poem
  • Stretcher Case Read Poem
  • Suicide In The Trenches Read Poem
  • Survivors Read Poem
  • The Choral Union Read Poem
  • The Dark House Read Poem
  • The Death-Bed Read Poem
  • The Dragon And The Undying Read Poem
  • The Dream Read Poem
  • The Dug-out Read Poem
  • The Effect Read Poem
  • The Fathers Read Poem
  • The General Read Poem
  • The Goldsmith Read Poem
  • The Hawthorn Tree Read Poem
  • The Heritage Read Poem
  • The Hero Read Poem
  • The Imperfect Lover Read Poem
  • The Investiture Read Poem
  • The Kiss Read Poem
  • The Last Meeting Read Poem
  • The Old Huntsman Read Poem
  • The One-Legged Man Read Poem
  • The Poet As Hero Read Poem
  • The Portrait Read Poem
  • The Rear-Guard Read Poem
  • The Redeemer Read Poem
  • The Road Read Poem
  • The Road To Ruin Read Poem
  • The Tombstone-Maker Read Poem
  • The Triumph Read Poem
  • Their Frailty Read Poem
  • Thrushes Read Poem
  • To A Childless Woman Read Poem
  • To A Very Wise Man Read Poem
  • To Any Dead Officer Read Poem
  • To His Dead Body Read Poem
  • To Leonide Massine In ‘Cleopatra’ Read Poem
  • To My Brother Read Poem
  • To Victory Read Poem
  • To-Day Read Poem
  • Together Read Poem
  • Tree And Sky Read Poem
  • Trench Duty Read Poem
  • Twelve Months After Read Poem
  • Two Hundred Years After Read Poem
  • Villon Read Poem
  • Vision Read Poem
  • What The Captain Said At The Point-To-Point Read Poem
  • When I’m Among A Blaze Of Lights Read Poem
  • Wind In The Beechwood Read Poem
  • Wirers Read Poem
  • Wisdom Read Poem
  • Wonderment Read Poem
  • Wraiths Read Poem
  • “The rank stench of those bodies haunts me still” Read Poem
  • The Death Bed Read Poem
  • Glory of Women Read Poem
  • Grandeur of Ghosts Read Poem
  • The Humbled Heart Read Poem
  • On Scratchbury Camp Read Poem
  • Repression of War Experience Read Poem