by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Verse · Action · Heroism
Abstract
A First World War poetry collection whose title piece celebrates British soldiers holding the line at Hill 70 until the Guards break through, followed by patriotic and elegiac verses on England’s endurance, Haig’s advance, the trenches at Ypres, and the dead of the war.
Connections
Forms & Genres: Narrative Poem, Lyric, Ballad Ballade Themes & Concepts: War and its Cost, Nationalism and Patriotism, Heroism, Grief and Loss, Endurance Motifs: Flags and Banners, Blood Historical References: First World War Settings: Battlefield Archetypes: Hero, Martyr Saint