That's interesting. Is it well known in the US? Like I said in the post and to curiouswombat, the First World War Poets were a staple of secondary school English Literature, for years in the UK (and on the IoM, apparently *g*). That poem paints such a horribly vivid picture, and I think of it as the most famous WW1 poem, but it also seems very 'English/British' to me. (It also has personal/family resonance because my grandfather was gasses twice.)
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Date: 2014-01-31 06:31 am (UTC)Like I said in the post and to curiouswombat, the First World War Poets were a staple of secondary school English Literature, for years in the UK (and on the IoM, apparently *g*). That poem paints such a horribly vivid picture, and I think of it as the most famous WW1 poem, but it also seems very 'English/British' to me. (It also has personal/family resonance because my grandfather was gasses twice.)