The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry by Various

The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry

Various

263 pages first pub 1979 (editions) user-added

nonfiction poetry 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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emotional 66%
sad 66%
challenging 50%
dark 50%
reflective 50%

Pace

slow 57%
fast 28%
medium 14%

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