The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon Patches and dispelled Britain’s island sense

and dispelled Britain’s island sense of security

Recognizing that “The Great War was the psychological turning point

A memoir of astonishing power

helped various wartime charities and sold old bottles to raise funds for recreational huts and ambulances for the front

The advent of poison gas in World War I shocked Britons at all levels of society

The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon Patches and dispelled Britain’s island senseDescription By Siegfried Sassoon Paperback Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC (8 September 1886 1 September 1967) was an English 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 satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism fuelled war. Sassoon became a focal