‘Counter-Attack’is perhapsSiegfried Sassoon’s longest poem, at forty lines set in threestanzas, with an alternatingrhyme scheme. It describes a failed counter-attack on the German line. Sassoon is perhaps not as well-known as his counterpart and sometimes-protégéWilfred Owen. However,Sassoon...
Produced by John M. Wyrwas COUNTER-ATTACK AND OTHER POEMS BY SIEGFRIED SASSOON With An Introduction By Robert Nichols TO ROBERT ROSS Dans la treve desolee de cette matinee, ces hommes qui avaient ete tenailles par la fatigue, fouettes par la pluie, boule