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Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967). “A Working Party” “Trench Duty” “Repression of War Experience”. Background– Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967). Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography. born to a well-to-do family (Jewish).

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Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

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  1. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) “A Working Party” “Trench Duty” “Repression of War Experience”

  2. Background– Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

  3. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography

  4. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • born to a well-to-do family (Jewish)

  5. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • born to a well-to-do family (Jewish) • lived pastoral life of a young squire

  6. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • born to a well-to-do family (Jewish) • lived pastoral life of a young squireRECALL:

  7. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • born to a well-to-do family (Jewish) • lived pastoral life of a young squire RECALL: • pastoral = of/relating to the countryside

  8. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • born to a well-to-do family (Jewish) • lived pastoral life of a young squire RECALL: • pastoral = of/relating to the countryside • squire = a country gentleman, esp. chief landowner

  9. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • born to a well-to-do family (Jewish) • lived pastoral life of a young squire • fox hunt, play cricket, play golf, write poetry

  10. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • born to a well-to-do family (Jewish) • lived pastoral life of a young squire • fox hunt, play cricket, play golf, write poetry • rode bicycle to recruiting office to join army

  11. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • born to a well-to-do family (Jewish) • lived pastoral life of a young squire • fox hunt, play cricket, play golf, write poetry • rode bicycle to recruiting office to join army • 28 years old at start of war –

  12. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • born to a well-to-do family (Jewish) • lived pastoral life of a young squire • fox hunt, play cricket, play golf, write poetry • rode bicycle to recruiting office to join army • 28 years old at start of war – Sassoon was especially unprepared for its horrors

  13. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • born to a well-to-do family (Jewish) • lived pastoral life of a young squire • fox hunt, play cricket, play golf, write poetry • rode bicycle to recruiting office to join army • 28 years old at start of war – Sassoon was especially unprepared for its horrors • was a naïve squire eager to enlist

  14. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • was a fearless, courageous soldier

  15. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • was a fearless, courageous soldier • often volunteered to lead dangerous raids and missions

  16. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • was a fearless, courageous soldier • often volunteered to lead dangerous raids and missions • awarded Military Cross for assisting a wounded man back to British lines while under heavy fire (1916)

  17. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • was a fearless, courageous soldier • often volunteered to lead dangerous raids and missions • awarded Military Cross for assisting a wounded man back to British lines while under heavy fire (1916) • was severely wounded 1917; sent to Craiglockhart (England) to convalesce

  18. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • his reaction to the war’s realities was bitter, violent, ironic, satiric, contumely

  19. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • his reaction to the war’s realities was bitter, violent, ironic, satiric, contumely • contumely = rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance; insolence

  20. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • wrote a letter to the editor of The Times (London) declaring that the war was being deliberately and unnecessarily prolonged by insensitive political leadership (the king, Parliament), which he called a “greater enemy than the Germans”

  21. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • wrote a letter to the editor of The Times (London) declaring that the war was being deliberately and unnecessarily prolonged by insensitive political leadership, which he called a “greater enemy than the Germans” • narrowly avoided court martial because a friend convinced the review board that he suffered from shell shock

  22. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • wrote a letter to the editor of The Times (London) declaring that the war was being deliberately and unnecessarily prolonged by insensitive political leadership, which he called a “greater enemy than the Germans” • narrowly avoided court martial because a friend convinced the review board that he suffered from shell shock • shell shock = PTSD which includes loss of sight, memory, muscle control; insanity; persistent nightmares; etc.

  23. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • began writing similar themes as Brooke (that is, pro-war themes)

  24. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • began writing similar themes as Brooke (that is, pro-war themes) • met other war poets in hospital whose styles influenced him, especially as his feelings about the war changed

  25. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • began writing similar themes as Brooke (that is, pro-war themes) • met other war poets in hospital whose styles influenced him, especially as his feelings about the war changed • became a public detractor of war, especially the “little men with too much power” running it

  26. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Biography • began writing similar themes as Brooke (that is, pro-war themes) • met other war poets in hospital whose styles influenced him, especially as his feelings about the war changed • became a public detractor of war, especially the “little men with too much power” running it • became a mentor to Wilfred Owen (next poet)

  27. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) – Poetic Terms

  28. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) • poetic terms (for discussion):

  29. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) • poetic terms (for discussion): • sonnet (Italian, Shakespearean)

  30. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) • poetic terms (for discussion): • sonnet (Italian, Shakespearean) -- poet -- speaker -- stanza

  31. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) • poetic terms (for discussion): • sonnet (Italian, Shakespearean) -- poet -- speaker -- stanza • new terms:

  32. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) • poetic terms (for discussion): • sonnet (Italian, Shakespearean) -- poet -- speaker -- stanza • new terms: • narrative poem (“A Working Party”)

  33. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) • poetic terms (for discussion): • sonnet (Italian, Shakespearean) -- poet -- speaker -- stanza • new terms: • narrative poem (“A Working Party”) • includes all basic elements of a narrative (plot)

  34. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) • poetic terms (for discussion): • sonnet (Italian, Shakespearean) -- poet -- speaker -- stanza • new terms: • narrative poem (“A Working Party”) • includes all basic elements of a narrative (plot) • note setting, tone, mood, characterization, imagery, sensory language, foreshadowing, etc.

  35. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) • poetic terms (for discussion): • sonnet (Italian, Shakespearean) -- poet -- speaker -- stanza • new terms: • narrative poem (“A Working Party”) • includes all basic elements of a narrative (plot) • note setting, tone, mood, characterization, imagery, sensory language, foreshadowing, etc. • dramatic monologue (“Repression…”)

  36. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) • poetic terms (for discussion): • sonnet (Italian, Shakespearean) -- poet -- speaker -- stanza • new terms: • narrative poem (“A Working Party”) • includes all basic elements of a narrative (plot) • note setting, tone, mood, characterization, imagery, sensory language, foreshadowing, etc. • dramatic monologue (“Repression…”) • stream-of-consciousness (“Repression…”)

  37. Sassoon – “A Working Party”

  38. Sassoon – “A Working Party” • a narrative poem (tells a story):

  39. Sassoon – “A Working Party” • a narrative poem (tells a story): Three hours ago he blundered up the trench…

  40. Sassoon – “A Working Party” • a narrative poem (tells a story): Three hours ago he blundered up the trench… • introduction (begins narrative)

  41. Sassoon – “A Working Party” • stanzas 1-2 establish setting, mood

  42. Sassoon – “A Working Party” • stanzas 1-2 establish setting, mood • setting = obviously WWI in a trench… what else can we figure out?

  43. Sassoon – “A Working Party” • stanzas 1-2 establish setting, mood • setting = obviously WWI in a trench… what else can we figure out? • “Three hours ago…” (ln. 1, ln. 26) – three hours ago… from what time?

  44. Sassoon – “A Working Party” • stanzas 1-2 establish setting, mood • setting = obviously WWI in a trench… what else can we figure out? • “Three hours ago…” (ln. 1, ln. 26) – three hours ago… from what time? • “…puffing a point of red” (ln. 11), “A flare went up…” (ln. 16)  lights at night

  45. Sassoon – “A Working Party” • stanzas 1-2 establish setting, mood • setting = obviously WWI in a trench… what else can we figure out? • “Three hours ago…” (ln. 1, ln. 26) – three hours ago… from what time? • “…puffing a point of red” (ln. 11), “A flare went up…” (ln. 16)  lights at night • “He thought of getting back by half-past twelve” (ln. 42)

  46. Sassoon – “A Working Party” • stanzas 1-2 establish setting, mood • setting = obviously WWI in a trench… what else can we figure out? • “Three hours ago…” (ln. 1, ln. 26) – three hours ago… from what time? • “…puffing a point of red” (ln. 11), “A flare went up…” (ln. 16)  lights at night • “He thought of getting back by half-past twelve” (ln. 42) • “The wind came posting by with chilly gusts” (ln. 20) and other context clues (lns. 40-41, 43) indicate a cold night at that

  47. Sassoon – “A Working Party” • stanzas 1-2 establish setting, mood • setting = obviously WWI in a trench… what else? 

  48. Sassoon – “A Working Party” • stanzas 1-2 establish setting, mood • setting = obviously WWI in a trench… what else?  contributes to mood

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