Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BACK, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They ask me where I've been Last Line: Because he bore my name. Variant Title(s): Black Subject(s): Religion; War; World War I; Theology; First World War | ||||||||
They ask me where I've been, And what I've done and seen. But what can I reply Who know it wasn't I, But someone just like me, Who went across the sea And with my head and hands Killed men in foreign lands..... Though I must bear the blame Because he bore my name. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN BETWEEN THE LINES by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON |
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