the common soldier could take his first hand experiences from the war and make a simple poem about them. The same soldier could also take his war stories and turn them into a novel.The impact of the first World War inspired a wealth of English poetry. The war poets came from an educated backround and were faced in battle with unimaginable horrors and a life expectancy of a matter of weeks. Siegfried Sassoon came from a well-to-do family and grew up with dreams of joining an army. Sassoon began writing poetry as a child , but his first poems written during his wartime service show little more than his deep love of the countryside. It wasnt until later, when he experienced the brutality of war, that his highly sensitive nature began to feel the truth about soldiers life in trenches and what he saw of death and suffering around him must be recorded (Lehmann 38-39). The Leveller is a typical piece of Sassoons poetry. It begins by explaining Near Martinpuich that night of hell Two men were struck by the same shell, Together tumbling in one heap Senseless and limp like slaughtered sheep. He goes on to explain the soldiers appearance and how they died. At the end is what their Sergeant will say at their funerals (Lehmann 65). There is no gory details in this piece but it reveals the truth; the truth of what men and their families had to go through during harsh times of war. Siegfried Sassoon is a successful poet that basically revealed the truth about the war and how he viewed.Another well known writer let his emotions flow onto paper. Of course he used characters and a plot, but he let his feelings show about how brutal war was and how it affects everyone. Erich Remarques novel All Quiet On the Western Front is an in depth look about how the war really was. As explained through the main character, Paul Baumer, war is interminable, exhausting, and nightmarish business without a purpose. The soldier is prepared by t...
