Sassoon, Siegfried. "Attack".

Summary and Analysis

- a harshly melodic poem, the prevalence of sonorous sounds reinforces the theme

- an image of the morning: the bloody colour of the sun, the smoke, the tanks, etc.

- a forceful image of the soldiers: their moves clumsy with the carried weapons, their bleak faces "masked with fear", their watches ticking completely uninterested, etc.

- the personified image of hope: "flounders" diminished "in mud"

- concluding cry: "O Jesus, make it stop"