Blog 2-Take the first line of any one of the poets studied this week, and in the style of that poet, compose your own poem about the horror of wars as you might imagine them.
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‘They’ inspired by Siegfried Sassoon
The Bishop tells us: ‘When the boys come back’
The neighbours say ‘When you are home’
Your sister tells me ‘It wont be long till we see him wind down the track’
But I know, I know that you are flown
They say but they do not see
That my boy is never coming home to me
Some they will return
But their spirits lie with you
The fires in their eyes no longer burn
I know that to be dead is better, its true
They say but they will never see
That its better my stolen boy does not return home to me
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A sad poem, but emotionally very effective.
Just from the point of view of rhythmic solidity I would change
“I know that to be dead is better, its true”
to
“I know that to be dead is better, true”
Does that make sense to you? What do you think??
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Yes, great suggestion, I agree. Thank you Michael
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