Poets of the First World War

07/10/21 • 6 min

Many famous British poets emerged during the First World War, such as Owen, Sassoon, Brooke, Yeats, and Hardy. Their poems captured the glories of battles and the horrors of war especially in the trenches. Chunks of some of these poems remain in my mind though I studied them over 50 years ago. This episode is dedicated to them and to my teachers at The Lawrence School, Lovedale for instilling in me a life long interest in literature and history.

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