Attack - Siegfried sassoon

Attack

By Siegfried Sassoon

About the poem

Sassoon structures his poem almost like an attack, the suspence builds up until the horrific ending. the overall attitude to war is a negative one. an easy way to tell is the ending, "O jesus, make it stop" this sentence makes us realise that someone is sturggling and terrified.

Attack is a World War 1 poem written by Siegfried Sassoon. It deaply reflects on the reality of war. The poem roughly takes place in the space of five minutes in the moments before the push into no mans land.

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Interesting word choice

Consectetuer adipiscing elit III

Consectetuer adipiscing elit II

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Line 9

- Glow'ring: meaning having an angry or sullen look on your face. this is personification meaning the sound - Purple: The smoke and gas is causing the air to be unclear and therefore brining out a deeper yellow and red, making the sun look purple.

Lines of grey: Lines of grey is referring to the lines and lines of soldiers attempting to make the push.Muttering Faces: The soldiers may be muttering to try and distract themself before the big push away to happen.

- Smoldering: The wind moves the smolder impling a fire has already happened and there is ash filled smoke everywhere.- Menacing: The slope is menacing due to the men not knowing what lies ahead.

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Examples of ...

Repetition

The repetition of words like "and" in the sentence (Polysyndetion) "With bombs and guns and shovels and battle-gear" really emphasizes the amount of equiptment and weaponry they needed.

Imagery

Sigfreid Sasoon displays the colours and setting of the battle feild very well. the use of the word "dun" really shows how bland the settings were

Rhyming

At the ends of almost each line there are rhyming words. "dun" and "sun" , "battle gear" and "fear" , "wrists" and "fists etc. The use of the unorginized rhyming techniques creates the vision of how unplanned the war was

Who was the poem intended for?

Siegfried Sasoon wrote his poems to fully captulate the cruel nature of war. his poems could have been for his fellow soldiers or even people who arent involved in the war. His poems really let us envision the brutally and life long misarry that is caused by the war

The most effective part of the poem for us

In our opinion, the line "Flounders in mud. O Jesus, make it stop!" is the most effect part of the poem. For me, this line really shows the reader what the soldier was going through and the emotions they were feeling. .

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Questions

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Who is the author?

Siegfried Sassoon

The smoke and gas cause the air to be yellow and red looking so the sun appears purple

Why was the sun purple?

The lines of grey are the soldiers attempting to make the push

What are the lines of grey?

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