" The sound of larks is drowned out by the guns of this war in one poem, and it is the subject of David Jones's lengthy masterpiece "In Parenthesis."
In a poem about this war, the speaker is exhorted to become one with his weapon by twice hearing the commands "Marry it" and "Coax it." A poem about this war includes a lengthy boast detailing the military accomplishments of the ancestors of Dai Greatheart. A poem about it describes a line of people who are smiling as if it's "An August Bank Holiday" and ends with the line (*) "Never such innocence again." The sound of larks is drowned out by the guns of this war in one poem, and it is the subject of David Jones's lengthy masterpiece "In Parenthesis." A Philip Larkin poem is titled for the Roman numeral year in which it started. For 10 points, name this war, the subject of a John McCrae poem in which the poppies blow "In Flanders Fields."
In a poem about this war, the speaker is exhorted to become one with his weapon by twice hearing the commands "Marry it" and "Coax it."
World War One