Fight to a Finish

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"Fight to a Finish" is a war poem by Siegfried Sassoon that vividly portrays the brutality and psychological toll of combat during World War I.

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instanceOf poem
author Siegfried Sassoon NERFINISHED
authorNationality British
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticizes militarism
romanticized views of war
war propaganda
depicts World War I NERFINISHED
form lyric poem
genre war poetry
hasAuthorialPerspective soldier’s point of view
historicalContext First World War trench warfare
language English
literaryMovement anti-war literature
literaryPeriod World War I literature
meter accentual-syllabic verse
portrays front-line combat
psychological damage to soldiers
relatedWorkByAuthor Attack NERFINISHED
Counter-Attack and Other Poems NERFINISHED
Suicide in the Trenches NERFINISHED
theme brutality of war
disillusionment with war
psychological toll of combat
soldiers’ suffering
trauma
violence
tone angry
bitter
sarcastic
usesLiteraryDevice contrast
irony
satire
vivid imagery

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Counter-Attack and Other Poems hasPoem Fight to a Finish