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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WIRERS, by SIEGFRIED SASSOON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Pass it along, the wiring party's going out
Last Line: But we can say the front-line wire's been safely mended.
Subject(s): Soldiers' Writings; World War I; First World War
First Line: Pass it along, the wiring party's going out
Last Line: But we can say the front-line wire's been safely mended.
Subject(s): Soldiers' Writings; World War I; First World War
'PASS it along, the wiring party's going out' --
And yawning sentries mumble, 'Wirers going out.'
Unravelling; twisting; hammering stakes with muffled thud,
They toil with stealthy haste and anger in their blood.
The Boche sends up a flare. Black forms stand rigid there,
Stock-still like posts; then darkness, and the clumsy ghosts
Stride hither and thither, whispering, tripped by clutching snare
Of snags and tangles.
Ghastly dawn with vaporous coasts
Gleams desolate along the sky, night's misery ended.
Young Hughes was badly hit; I heard him carried away,
Moaning at every lurch; no doubt he'll die to-day.
But we can say the front-line wire's been safely mended.
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