The poem
I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, And whistled early with the lark.
In winter trenches, cowed and glum, With crumps and lice and lack of rum, He put a bullet through his brain. No one spoke of him again.
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth and laughter go.
The Libertines recited this poem
yeah at the nme awards thats why i know it. im currently listening to cant stand me now!
Thats where i know this poem from too! I love the libertines, and this poem, really portrays the reality of war. Just like Wilfred Owens Dulce et Decorum Est, thats a really good poem too, definately check that out aswell.
Pete Doherty also performed this poem with a nice guitar-tune as background on the BBC radio programe; Besproken Word.
is that all you remember about this poem because of the libertines please can't you at least give one other thought about the pain and suffering that the jews had to go through
you are all very selfish people
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in response to comment 5:
Sassoon wrote during/about World War I. "the pain and suffering that the jews had to go through" was World War II. get your facts right first, huh?
The poem "sucide in the trenches" has great mean to me and it shows the way that humans can celerbrate the hero's, but forgot the dead hero's. Or the one's that take there life, because the pain of war is to much to bear. This poems rhymth certainly helps with its meaning. In my opinion this poem is the best poem by Sassoon.
the poem is a war poem of cource describing the hardships of war. Sassoon talks down the the "common people" who do nothing and know nothing about the war. all they do is cheer for the men then run away trying to hide from the truth of war. they dont want to know what was is like, what happens to the men, they are just glad they are not in it. Sassoon is a satirical anti-war poet. He is making fun of the foolish people.
The true meaning of meanings.
The poem "Suicide in the Trenches" Was a reminder to all of the horrors of war. The fact that we sent, and still send, our youth to fight in wars that claim the lives of so many, robbing them of the chance to experience life as it should be experienced; free of fear and of the deepening depression that war has left so many with. The nightmares and visions that people still have when they lay their heads to sleep,…
Read the whole commentThe poem "Suicide in the Trenches" Was a reminder to all of the horrors of war. The fact that we sent, and still send, our youth to fight in wars that claim the lives of so many, robbing them of the chance to experience life as it should be experienced; free of fear and of the deepening depression that war has left so many with.
The nightmares and visions that people still have when they lay their heads to sleep, and the growing number of suicides nationwide, and even overseas.
The fact that these young men return home to a hero's welcome, when not one of them feels like a hero. They feel like murderers, theives. And they return to civilian life with this self-imposed image of themselves, and, no matter what they do, they cannot adjust back to the way things were. When they were carefree, jovial members of society. That is what I believ this poem is meant to convey.
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this poem is omo orgasmic :)