Suicide in the Trenches

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SUICIDE IN THE TRENCHES

     By Siegfried Sassoon

In the poem “SUICIDE IN THE TRENCHES” Siegfried Sassoon uses figurative language, descriptive detail, tone, structure and sound to create a powerful impression of the horror and wastage of war. War is viewed as a product of ignorance and it is equated with intense suffering and the destruction of all that is beautiful and innocent.

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The first stanza of the poem depicts a boy who is too “simple” or naive to understand the true horrific nature of war. The boy is described as carefree with no worries and sees nothing bad in life; he was a normal boy. He is able to sleep with no worries in a “lonesome” place with no light or hope unaware that his life is to change dramatically. The tone in this stanza is quiet upbeat for a poem that is about war and death. The boy symbolizes all the guys that went to war for us and lost ...

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This essay has the potential to be a good essay. The writer understands the poem and its message. Accurate use of poetic language is used. The main fault of this essay is that there are not enough quotes which could be further analysed and discussed. 2 Stars