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In my first post, several commenters mentioned the poets born out of World War I and quite a bit of Eleventh Month was excerpts from contemporary poetry. I’d like to share a few, along the name of the poet and if they died during their wartime service. These are the complete poems, so I’ve put each one under a read more tag.

“Peace” by Rupert Brooke (1887-1915, died of sepsis without ever seeing battle, aged 27)

“The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)

“Dulce et Decorum est” by Wilfred Owen (1893-1918, killed in action one week before the Armistice was signed, aged 25)

“Insensibility” by Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)

“The Last Laugh” by Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)

“To Any Dead Officer” by Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

“The Poet As Hero” by Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

“I Have a Rendezvous with Death” by Alan Seeger (1888-1916, mortally wounded and died in no man’s land, aged 28)

“Champagne, 1914-1915” by Alan Seeger (1888-1916)