Andrew Burns was shot in no man's land between the English and German trenches during World War I. He lay wounded for three days, unable to lift his head without being fired upon by Germans. Eventually his friends were able to drag him back to safety. He survived the war. The document then discusses several war poets, including Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, and Rupert Brooke. It notes their differing perspectives on and experiences of the horrors of war. While Owen and Sassoon captured the grim realities of combat in graphic detail, Brooke initially welcomed war as an exciting adventure.

1. Andrew Burns
1899 – 1980

3. He was shot in the leg in “No Mans Land”
The place between the English and German
trenches .
He lay there for three days because every time
he lifted his head up he was fired at by the
Germans.
His friends dragged him back. He lived.
Who was he?

4. He was my Great Grandfather!

5. Wilfred Owen “Dulce et Decorum Est”
“Anthem for Doomed Youth”

6. •Owen was appalled by what was going on in the
war.
•Imagery of Owen’s poems is far more dramatic.
For example the soldier drowning in the gas attack
•Owen‘s anger at this waste of life is shown in the
description of the man‘s suffering, “obscene as
cancer”.

7. Seigfried Sasson “Attack”

8. • Sassoon wanted people to know the “real war”
• He writes from actual experience. The gunfire is
real.
• He captures the moment of men floundering in
mud and “going over the top”.
• He ends with a desperate plea for this kind of
slaughter to stop.

9. Rupert Brooke “Peace”
Rupert welcomes the chance to go to “War” He
believes it will give young people something to do!

10. •Brooke thinks that England had become
old and weary.
•They were “half men” War would do England
Good.
•Brooke is enthusiastic in his celebration of
war
because he wants his readers to volunteer for
service.
•He thought it would be over in six months and
they would be home for Christmas.