LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

• Owen himself suffered directly from the war
• After enlisting in 1915, he experienced she'll shock
• In the military hospital, he became friends with fellow poet Siegfried Sassoon

MUST HAVE FACTS GRAVES

• Robert graves
• Born in 1895, died in 1985
• Served with Siegfried Sassoon
• Suffered from shell shock
• Reported dead in the battle of the Somme, but lived to a ripe old age.

MUST HAVE FACTS PART TWO GRAVES

• Publication
• Composed in November 1915
• Published in Graves' first book of poems (1916)
• Brain snacks
• "Greyback Shirt": standard issue shirt for the British army since Queen Victoria

MUST HAVE FACTS SASSOON

• Siegfried Sassoon
• Born in 1886, died in 1967
• Friends with Wilfred Owen and Robert Graves
• Wrote some of his finest poetry while recovering in a military hospital

MUST HAVE FACTS SASSOON

• Publication
• Composed in November 1915
• Published in the volume Counter- Attack in June 1918