http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/jones WebDavid Jones was born on 1 November 1895 in Brockley, Kent, the son of James Jones, a printer from Flintshire and his wife Alice, from Rotherhithe, Surrey. He served as a private during the First World War and some …
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WebApr 8, 2011 · Introduction: World War I Poetry. The “war to end wars,” as H.G. Wells described it in a series of newspaper articles, [1] began in 1914. The main belligerents were the allied forces of France, Britain, and the dominions, including Canada, Australia, and New Zealand; Russia (until 1917) and, after April 1917, the United States—versus the ... WebThis brief selection of poems derives from work by Tom Rank on First World War poetry for a volume in the York Notes Advanced series, which is based on the selection in The … mobys online
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WebThe modern war poems found on this website are mainly by men and women with first hand experience in wars of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. They include poems of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, … WebSome of the most powerful and moving English poetry of the modern period was written during or about the First World War. We will examine the context of that poetry by … WebFeb 16, 2016 · While most World War I versifiers dwelled on the misery and toil of life in the trenches, avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire often portrayed it as an intoxicating … moby sorrow tree