Great Poems of the World War
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20 chapters · 59 min · English
Read by Alan Mapstone
Poetry
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A selection of poems written during or immediately after the First World War (1914-1918). Most are by men (American, British, Canadian or Australian) who served in combat but some are by non-combatants who describe the ways in which the war impacted on their lives, their families and their communities.
(Summary by Alan Mapstone)
Chapters
1 Before Action by Lieut. William Noel Hodgson (1893-1916) 2 min 2 No Man's Land by Capt. James H. Knight-Adkin (1878-1948) 2 min 3 French in the Trenches by William J. Robinson (1867-1936) 3 min 4 Ragnarok by Arthur Guiterman (1871-1943) 4 min 5 Poppies by Capt. John Mills Hanson 2 min 6 The Graves of Gallipolli by L.L. (A.N.Z.A.C) 3 min 7 Battle of Belleau Wood by Edgar A. Guest 3 min 8 Bullington by C. Fox Smith (1882-1954) 4 min 9 Christ in Flanders by L. W 4 min 10 Not Too Old to Fight by T. C. Harbaugh (1849-1924) 3 min 11 In Flanders Fields by Lieut. Col. John McCrae (d.1918) 1 min 12 The Soldier by Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) 2 min 13 The Gentlemen of Oxford by Norah M. Holland (1876-1925) 2 min 14 Morituri te Salutant by P.H.B.L 3 min 15 Magpies in Picardy by "Tipcuca" 2 min 16 The Song of the Guns by Herbert Kaufman (1878-1947) 3 min 17 Telling the Bees by G.E.R 2 min 18 The War Horse by Lieut. L. Fleming 4 min 19 The Homecoming by Leroy Folge 3 min 20 The Unknown Soldier Armistice Day at Arlington by Grantland Rice (d.1954) 5 min
