posted on 2024-04-24, 14:26authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
Scrap of a proof of the first stanza of the poem. Originally written in July 1918 at St Venant. Corrections in blue pencil are just visible above the tear line. Published in 'Picture-Show' (1919). The 'Dug-Out' was based on how Siegfried Sassoon's fellow officer 'Jowett' looked while he was asleep.
History
Identifier
9824.jpg | SSOUSJ02.jpg
Creator
Sassoon, Siegfried (1886-1967)
Date
1919
Date Created
01/01/1919
Temporal Date
31/12/1919
Spatial
England
Source
Leaf
Medium
Paper
Format
Published
Type
Poem
Contributor
Alisa Miller
Rights
St. John's College Library, Cambridge University / The Siegfried Sassoon Literary Estate