SIEGFRIED SASSOON

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ALL ABOUT SIEGFRIED

• He was born on September 8, 1886.
• Sasson never got a college diploma.
• On June 1916 he was awarded the Military Cross.
• He was awarded this honor for bringing back the wounded to Britian.
• Much of his works were insipered and written based on World War I.

ALL ABOUT SIEGFRIED (CONTINUED)

• He did not fight much in the War, primarily from his injuries.
• Sasson was moved to England to prevent futher injury in tne war.
• Then the Armistic was signed, which stopped the fighting and made a truce.
• He then became the literary editor of the left-wing at The Daily Herald.
• Some time after he died on September 1, 1967.

FUN FACTS ABOUT SEIGFRIED

• He was homosexual and dated many people who where homosexual too.
• Sasson was married to Hester Gatty with one child, but divorce her.
• Siegfried took over a German trench all by himself, killing 50 Germans.
• He converted to Roman Catholicism close to death.
• When he converted he visited nuns of Stanbrook Abbey many times.

HIM AND THE GREAT WAR

• Siegfried did participate in major World War Two battles.
• He did not enter the war till 1915.
• He fought in the Western Front, for some of the war.
• During the War his brother had died, which affected him.
• His injury's included anything from a broken arm to "shell shock" (a mental disease).

HIM AND THE GREAT WAR (CONTINUED)

• Seigfried was a well-dressed warrior from his bravery.
• During the war, Sasson had depression triggering suicidal risks.
• These risks earned him the nickname "Mad Jack".
• Most of his peom were inspired by The Great War and his expierences in it.

A WORK OF HIS

• http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-child-s-prayer/
• The basic situation of it is praying for worldly things.
• The imagery is imaging things like bees and flowers, and also twilight.
• Mainly the mood is serious.
• The title's Significance was it is simple prayer that children would say before bed.

MY RESPONSE

• This poem is so easy in terms to read and comprehend.
• I would love to read this each night before I go to bed or simply just to say it.
• The best part of the poem is how vivid the wording is.
• An example of this vivid wording is "..For the big Bees that hum And hide in bells of flowers.."
• But the feature that stands out to me is how short and descriptive it is.

WORK CITED

• http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-child-s-prayer/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/sassoon_siegfried.shtml
• http://spartacus-educational.com/Jsassoon.htm
• https://www.biographyonline.net/military/siegfried-sassoon.html
• http://pedro.galvan.people.cpcc.edu/Studentleadership/poetry-analysis-works...