Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

BLIGHTERS by SIEGFRIED SASSOON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE HOUSE IS CRAMMED: TIER UPON TIER THEY GRIN
Last Line: TO MOCK THE RIDDLED CORPSES ROUND BAPAUME.
Subject(s): SOLDIERS' WRITINGS; WORLD WAR I; FIRST WORLD WAR;
THE House is crammed: tier beyond tier they grin
And cackle at the Show, while prancing ranks
Of harlots shrill the chorus, drunk with din;
'We're sure the Kaiser loves our dear old Tanks!'

I'd like to see a Tank come down the stalls,
Lurching to rag-time tunes, or 'Home, sweet Home',
And there'd be no more jokes in Music-halls
To mock the riddled corpses round Bapaume.




Home: PoetryExplorer.net