Counter-Attack and Other Poems

By Siegfried Sassoon
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Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front,[1] he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. This collection of poems was first published in May 1918. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

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GenrePoetry
Length50 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 18, 2016
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1INTRODUCTION
21THE HAWTHORN TREE
2PRELUDE: THE TROOPS
22THE INVESTITURE
3COUNTER-ATTACK
23TRENCH DUTY
4THE REAR-GUARD
24BREAK OF DAY
5WIRERS
25TO ANY DEAD OFFICER
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6ATTACK
26SICK LEAVE
7DREAMERS
27BANISHMENT
8HOW TO DIE
28SONG-BOOKS OF THE WAR
9THE EFFECT
29THRUSHES
10TWELVE MONTHS AFTER
30AUTUMN
11THE FATHERS
31INVOCATION
12BASE DETAILS
32REPRESSION OF WAR EXPERIENCE
13THE GENERAL
33THE TRIUMPH
14LAMENTATIONS
34SURVIVORS
15DOES IT MATTER?
35JOY-BELLS
16FIGHT TO A FINISH
36REMORSE
17EDITORIAL IMPRESSIONS
37DEAD MUSICIANS
18SUICIDE IN THE TRENCHES
38THE DREAM
19GLORY OF WOMEN
39IN BARRACKS
20THEIR FRAILTY
40TOGETHER

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