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Kent 1886 – Mells 1967 Jewish English poet and soldier Bitter reactions against war Mad Jack

On Passing the new Menin Gate Who will remember, passing through this Gate 1, The unheroic Dead who fed the guns? Who shall absolve the foulness of their fate, Those doomed, conscripted, unvictorious ones? Crudely renewed, the Salient holds its own. Paid are its dim defenders by this pomp; Paid, with a pile of peace- complacent stone, The armies who endured that sullen swamp. Here was the worlds worst wound. And here with pride Their name liveth for ever, the Gateway claims. Was ever an immolation so belied As these intolerably nameless names? Well might the Dead who struggled in the slime Rise and deride this sepulchre of crime.

Who will remember, passing through this Gate, The unheroic Dead who fed the guns? Who shall absolve the foulness of their fate, Those doomed, conscripted, unvictorious ones? Crudely renewed, the Salient holds its own. Paid are its dim defenders by this pomp; Paid, with a pile of peace- complacent stone, The armies who endured that sullen swamp. Here was the worlds worst wound. And here with pride Their name liveth for ever, the Gateway claims. Was ever an immolation so belied As these intolerably nameless names? Well might the Dead who struggled in the slime Rise and deride this sepulchre of crime. ABBAABBA ABBAABBA CDEDCECDEDCE

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war leaders betrayed the ordinary soldier Foul ending, rather than heroic monument = lie official propaganda To: all civilians Accusing Tone: disgust & contempt

Themes: 1) Death -Sassoon is angry about… 2) Betrayal - Just to glorify the British government

Themes (part 2) 3) Propaganda - False picture put out by officials 4) Memory - Died as nameless men