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20th Century Poetry

WWI and the Trench Poets To understand the Trench Poets, we must understand how WWI was different from any previous war Trench warfare

World War I Destruction caused by the Halifax explosion

World War I Verdun: Cloister of the Hotel de la Princerie: before

World War I Verdun: Cloister of the Hotel de la Princerie: after

World War I Village of Esnes: before

World War I Village of Esnes: after

World War I Palace of Justice, Senlis : before

World War I Palace of Justice, Senlis: after

World War I Belgian troops entrenched along a railway line

World War I Belgian troops entrenched along a railway line

Wilfred Owen an English poet whose work was characterized by his anger at the cruelty and waste of war Was caught in a shell explosion in May 1917 while in the hospital he met the poet Siegfried Sassoon, who helped Owen get his start as a writer Went back to the front, killed in action in 1918

Siegfried Sassoon Joined the military voluntarily just before the war started Honored and decorated for his extremely brave actions in the War Despite having been decorated for bravery, he decided in 1917 to make a stand against the conduct of the war

W.B. Yeats An Irishman—born in Dublin in 1865 Poet, playwright, and philosopher

W.H. Auden Grew up in a middle-class English family Coined the age in which he lived “The Age of Anxiety” Moved to America in 1939 He had come to feel that the rise of fascism in Europe—and the likelihood of war—would make it impossible for him to enjoy creative freedom anywhere but in America

W.H. Auden Musée des Beaux Arts is based on a famous painting by Pieter Brueghel entitled The Fall of Icarus Greek legend—Icarus and Daedalus were imprisoned on an island In order to escape, Daedalus constructed wings of feather and wax They managed to escape from the island, but Icarus flew too close to the sun—the wax in his wings melted, and he fell and drowned.

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, by Pieter Brueghel the Elder

Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) Welsh poet Prodigy Wrote some of his most famous works before he was 20 Lived most of his life on the edge of poverty Plagued by alcoholism most of his adult life

Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) Made several successful reading tours of America Was very popular in America; died at the height of his fame As a child, spent his summer months on a farm “Fern Hill”