War Poetry

World War One Poetry 

British War Poetry

Siegfried Sassoon "How to Die", Wilfred Owen "Anthem for a Doomed Youth" and "Dulce et Decorum Est", Herbert Read "The Happy Warrior", W.N.Hodgson "Before Action", Wilfred Gibson "Back", and Philip Larkin "MCMXIV".

Akhmatova, Anna

Akhmatova biographical information with an audio presentation and links featuring the poet's works in Russian.

Poems of Glory and Despair: 1914-1945

Selected poems from the Great War and afterwards.

BBC - Remembrance - Poetry and Art

BBC Remembrance website. This site features Poets and Artists of the Great War and contains audio clips of some of the poets reading their works. Contemporary war poems are also exbhibited.

Virtual Seminars on WWI Poetry

An online scholarly seminar from Oxford University, with analysis of the works of several poets (with biographical notes), a discussion forum and other materials.

War Propaganda Bureau

The British War Propaganda Bureau engaged writers and artists in composing works that propagated the British Cause. The site lists the writers and artists who were involved, and links to their biographies.

A Treasury of War Poetry

"British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917." Largely patriotic collection of verse published during the war.

War Poetry - The First World War

About war poets, their lives and times. This site includes war poems with explanatory notes, social and historical information, portraits of war poets, and maps of the Western Front. Also offers leads on how to research WWI war poetry further.

War Poetry

World War One and other war poetry offered in remembrance of all war veterans.

Rosenberg, Isaac

Isaac Rosenberg (1890 - 1917) is one of the lesser known of the war poets, though he is considered to be one of the finest.

Poetry of the First World War

An online discussion list about poetry in First World War.

Rosenberg, Isaac: Birkbeck's War Poet

Lecture on English war poet, Isaac Rosenberg, by Steven Connor.

World War I: Poetry and Prose

This site contains information on a number of British poets during WWI. It contains biography information as well as poetry, songs (audio), and history.

Rosenberg - Poet Hero

Rosenberg - bio on Isaac Rosenberg, a Jewish war poet of England. Read his Rosenberg's poem "Break of Day in the Trenches."

Sonnets of World War I

This site contains British sonnets from WWI.

McCrae - In Flanders Fields And Other Poems

Poetry of John McCrae.

Writers and Literature of The Great War, 1914-1918

Commemorative of the 80th anniversary of the Armistice. Features poetry, photography and art from WWI, as well as work that came later because of the influence of the war.

Eliot, T.S. - Exploring "The Waste Land"

In depth analysis of T.S. Eliot's 1921 poem, "The Waste Land." Insight into character allusions and literary references.

Eliot, T.S.

Biographical information on T.S. Eliot as well as information on his poetry and World War I.

Eliot, T.S. - Audio recordings

Listen to audio recordings of T.S. Eliot reading his poem, "The Waste Land."

Eliot, T.S. - "The Waste Land" as hypertext

A hypertext presentation of T.S. Eliot's poem, 'The Waste Land'. Eliot's quotations and references are linked to the texts he took them from, or useful background information.

Aiken, Conrad

Brief Biography and list of Aiken's works.

Blunden, Edmund

Commentary on some of the war poems of Edmund Blunden, who served as a company officer in the British Army during World War I.

David Jones - Welsh Poet

David Jones - a welsh poet authored In Parenthesis, and The Anathemata.

Rupert Brooke

Biography and works on Rupert Brooke, the English Great War poet.

Jeffers Studies

Journal dedicated to the California Poet Robinson Jeffers. Jeffers wrote much in response to World War I and World War II.

Lost Poets of the Great War

A glimpse of WWI poets Rupert Brooke, John McCrae, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Alan Seeger, and Edward Thomas. Includes brief chronology of events, and casualty records.