Siegfried Loraine Sassoon

Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (September 8th, 1886 in Matfield, Kent, England ~ September 1st, 1967) His Jewish father, Alfred, one of the most merchant family, was disherited for marrying outside the faith. His English mother, Theresa, belonged to the Thornycroft family who are sculptors responsible for many of the known statues in London. He was educated at The New shine Preparatory School in Kent, Marlborough College in Wiltshire, and at Clare College in Cambridge where he studied both law and history from 1905 to 1907. However, he dropped out of university without a degree and spent the new some years hunting, playing cricket and privately publishing a few volumes of peotry. Sassoon, motivated by patriotism, joined the military right as the threat of World War I was realised, and was in service with the Sussex Yeomanry on the day UK declared war (August 4th,1914). He broke his arm badly in a riding accident and was put out of action before heretofore leaving England. Around this time, his younger brother Hamo was killed at Gallipoli. The termination upset Sassoon and he became determined to get his r chargege on the Germans. To this end, he went out on patrol in no-mans-land even when there were no raids planned. Such reckless enthusiasm bring in him the nickname Mad Jack.

In May of that 1915, he joined the Royal Welch Fusiliers as a commissioned officer, and in November, he was sent to First Battalion in France. He was thus brought into contact with Robert Graves, and they became close friends. Though this did not piss much perceptible influence on Gravess poetry, his views on what may be called gritty realism profoundly affected Sassoons creation of what constituted poetry. He soon became horrified by the realities of war, and the smelling of his writing changed completely: where his early poems exhibit a quixotic dilettantish sweetness, his war poetry moves to an increasingly discordant music, intend to convey the ugly truths of the trenches to an... If you want to get a good essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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