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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LAMENTATIONS, by SIEGFRIED SASSOON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I found him in the guard-room at the base
Last Line: Such men have lost all patriotic feeling.
Subject(s): Soldiers' Writings; War; World War I; First World War
First Line: I found him in the guard-room at the base
Last Line: Such men have lost all patriotic feeling.
Subject(s): Soldiers' Writings; War; World War I; First World War
I FOUND him in the guard-room at the Base.
From the blind darkness I had heard his crying
And blundered in. With puzzled, patient face
A sergeant watched him; it was no good trying
To stop it; for he howled and beat his chest.
And, all because his brother had gone west,
Raved at the bleeding war; his rampant grief
Moaned, shouted, sobbed, and choked, while he was kneeling
Half-naked on the floor. In my belief
Such men have lost all patriotic feeling.
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