The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry by Jon Silkin

The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry

Jon Silkin with Various

263 pages first pub 1979 (editions) user-added

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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More than photographs or eye-witness reports, it is the poetry of the First World War that has embedded the horror of that tume in our consciousness, producing some if the most outstanding and poignant poems of this century.This fine collection br...

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Moods

sad 70%
emotional 60%
challenging 50%
dark 50%
reflective 50%
informative 20%
tense 10%

Pace

slow 40%
medium 40%
fast 20%

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3.96

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