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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DUG-OUT, by SIEGFRIED SASSOON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Why do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled
Last Line: And when you sleep you remind me of the dead.
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
First Line: Why do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled
Last Line: And when you sleep you remind me of the dead.
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
WHY do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled,
And one arm bent across your sullen, cold,
Exhausted face? It hurts my heart to watch you,
Deep-shadow'd from the candle's guttering gold;
And you wonder why I shake you by the shoulder;
Drowsy, you mumble and sigh and turn your head...
You are too young to fall asleep for ever;
And when you sleep you remind me of the dead.
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