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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
A. In 1884, his best-selling books made him rich enough to become a peer of the realm, therefore adding “Lord” to his name. B. Was named England’s poet laureate when Wordsworth died. C. He polished melodious lines and rich imagery of poems like “The Lady of Shalott.” D. “The Charge of the Light Brigade” told the story of the Light Brigade that rode into battle during the Crimean War. -
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Thomas Hardy
A. Novelist of late Victorian England, but began and ended his career as a poet. B. Not a soldier, but wrote about war. C. Influenced poets like Ezra Pound & mimicked the tone of poets Tennyson and Matthew Arnold. D. “Hap,” “Channel Firing,” and “The Man He Killed” -
Crimean War Started
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Crimean War Ended
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Siegfried Sassoon
A. Born into the high level of English society; educated at Cambridge U. B. Published a famous book titled Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, 1928. C. Fought in WWI and was diagnosed with “shell shock,” modern day PTSD. D. At the military hospital in Scotland, he met Wilfred Owen. E. His poetry highlighted the brutality and debasement of trench warfare. F. “The Rear-Guard” is his most famous poem. -
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Rupert Brooke
A. Another Trench Poet who was a victim of the Great War. B. He wrote idealistic war sonnets C. “The Soldier” -
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Wilfred Owen
A. At a young age, he immersed himself in English poetry, making John Keats his model and mentor.
1. His most recognizable poetic signature is his use of half-rhyme.
2. Wrote his poetry in the trenches and military hospitals. B. Joined the British army at 21 when WWI broke out. 1. Killed in action 7 days before the war ended. 2. “Dulce et Decorum Est” “Anthem for Doomed Youth” “To an Athlete Dying Young.” -
WWI (Great War) Started
A. Around the time the Great War broke out, many young men went to fight for his country.
1. War was thought of as a noble, honorable, and glorious.
2. Many young men left their homes with this conviction. B. The term “war poetry” is misleading. 1. It was actually anti-war 2. The poetry presented an attack against the whole ideology of the nobleness of war. C. “Trench Poets” refers to a group of soldiers who wrote poetry while in the midst of trench warfare (WWI). -
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Randall Jarrell
A. American soldier, not British. B. Best known poems are about the Second World War. C. “Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” is one of his most famous poems. -
Great War Ended
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WW2 Started
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WW2 Ended
