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Summary

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives.  Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives. 
 
But finding a starting point can be overwhelming, even off-putting, so in this series we offer up our Top 10 classic poets, who brim with talent and verse, on a range of subjects and themes that we can all enjoy. 
 
It is at first difficult to comprehend that the carnage and slaughter of War could yield some of our greatest poetry.  Harder still that in four years of horror humanity was able to destroy and create on such a scale.  These 10 poets and their verses speak for everyone. 
1 - The Top 10 Poets - Died in WWI - An Introduction 
2 - From My Diary July 1914 by Wilfred Owen 
3 - Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen 
4 - Soldier's Dream by Wilfred Owen 
5 - Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen 
6 - Anthem For Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen 
7 - 1914 by Rupert Brooke - Peace, Safety, The Dead,  The Dead & The Soldier 
8 - The Night Journey by Rupert Brooke 
9 - The Old Vicarage of Grantchester by Rupert Brooke 
10 - Libido by Rupert Brooke 
11 - Desertion by Rupert Brooke 
12 - No One Cares Less Than I (Bugle Call) by Edward Thomas 
13 - A Private by Edward Thomas 
14 - This Is No Case of Petty Right or Wrong by Edward Thomas 
15 - These Things That Poets Said by Edward Thomas 
16 - Adlestrop by Edward Thomas 
17 - God by Isaac Rosenberg 
18 - Break of Day in the Trenches by Isaac Rosenberg 
19 - In the Trenches by Isaac Rosenberg 
20 - Spring 1916 by Isaac Rosenberg 
21 - Daughters of War by Isaac Rosenberg 
22 - The Dying Patriot by James Elroy Flecker 
23 - I Rose From Dreamless Hours by James Elroy Flecker 
24 - No Coward's Song by James Elroy Flecker 
25 - Destroyer of Ships, Men, Cities by James Elroy Flecker 
26 - Don Juan in Hell by James Elroy Flecker  
27 - Such Such Is Death by Charles Sorley 
28 - A Call to Action by Charles Sorley 
29 - When You See Millions Of The Mouthless Dead By Charles Sorley 
30 - To Germany by Charles Sorley 
31 - East Kennet Church At Evening by Charles Sorley 
32 - An Attempt at a City Sunset by Francis Ledwidge 
33 - Ireland by Francis Ledwidge 
34 - Lament for the Poets, 1916 by Francis Ledwidge 
35 - Growing Old by Francis Ledwidge 
36 - A Soldier's Grave by Francis Ledwidge 
37 - In Flanders Fields by John McCrae 
38 - Disarmament by John McCrae 
39 - Anarchy by John McCrae 
40 - The Pilgrims by John McCrae 
41 - A Song of Comfort by John McCrae 
42 - Champagne 1914-1915 by Alan Seeger 
43 - Paris by Alan Seeger 
44 - Sonnet 14 by Alan Seeger 
45 - Ode in Memory of the American Volunteers Fallen for France by Alan Seeger 
46 - I Have a Rendezvous with Death by Alan Seeger 
47 - The Battle at Saarburg by Alfred Lichtenstein 
48 - Prayer Before Battle by Alfred Lichtenstein 
49 - The Trip to the Mental Hospital by Alfred Lichtenstein 
50 - Moonscape by Alfred Lichtenstein 
51 - Soldiers' Songs by Alfred Lichtenstein

Duration: about 2 hours (01:35:09)
Publishing date: 2025-01-01; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

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