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Siegfried Sassoon's "Suicide in the Trenches" paints a grim picture of war's toll on a young soldier. The poem starts with a joyful pre-war life, but the cheerful facade crumbles as the soldier faces the harsh realities of the trenches. The juxtaposition between his carefree past and his ultimate suicide in the trenches is a powerful indictment of war. The final lines, addressing the ignorant civilians who glorify war, leave a stinging criticism, urging them to confront the true cost of conflict.

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Suicide In The Trenches

By more Siegfried Sassoon

I knew a simple soldier boy
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.

In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
No one spoke of him again.

You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.

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