Poetic Openings : Siegfried Sassoon to Siegfried Sassoon

Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : At Carnoy : First Line : Down in the hollow there’s the whole Brigade
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : At Daybreak : First Line : I listen for him through the rain,
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : Attack : First Line : At dawn the ridge emerges massed and dun
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : Autumn : First Line : October’s bellowing anger breaks and cleaves
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : Banishment : First Line : I am banished from the patient men who fight

Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : Base Details : First Line : If I were fierce, and bald, and short of breath
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : Battalion-relief : First Line : ‘Fall in! Now get a move on.’ (Curse the rain.)
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : Before Day : First Line : Come in this hour to set my spirit free
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : Before The Battle : First Line : Music of whispering trees
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : Blighters : First Line : The House is crammed: tier beyond tier they grin