68619: A Subaltern

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posted on 2024-04-24, 14:23 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Manuscript of poem in pencil in Siegfried Sassoon's hand with corrections. Note Sassoon's explanation of the word 'crumps' in line 6. The poem was written about Sassoon's friend David Cuthbert Thomas. The poem was not published.

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Identifier

9785.jpg | SSNYPL06.jpg

Creator

Sassoon, Siegfried (1886-1967)

Date

11th March 1916

Date Created

10/03/1912

Spatial

Rouen

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Poem

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

The Berg Collection, New York Public Library / The Siegfried Sassoon Literary Estate

Collection ID

The Berg Collection

Repository Name

New York Public Library

Repository Address

Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, USA

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First World War Poetry Digital Archive World War One Poems

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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