This poet described reacting with the delight that birds find in "Winging wildly across the white / Orchards and dark-green fields" upon hearing "Everyone suddenly burst out singing."
This poet described reacting with the delight that birds find in "Winging wildly across the white / Orchards and dark-green fields" upon hearing "Everyone suddenly burst out singing." One of this author's poems praises people who "listen with delight / By tales of dirt and danger fondly thrilled." One of this author's speakers condemned the lack of patriotism of a man who "howled and beat his chest" because "his brother had gone west." In another poem by this author of "Glory of Women" and "Lamentations," (*) "Bulged, clotted heads" that "slept in the plastering slime" are mentioned before the speaker describes "the jolly old rain." He wrote a trilogy of novels about George Sherston, which begins with Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. In his most famous poem, a cry of "O Christ, they're coming at us!" is heard before a soldier is shot, as the title maneuver fails. For 10 points, name this English author of "Counter-Attack" and other poems about World War I.
This poet described reacting with the delight that birds find in "Winging wildly across the white / Orchards and dark-green fields" upon hearing "Everyone suddenly burst out singing."
Siegfried (Loraine) Sassoon