Home > Education > The Tutorials > An Introduction to WWI Poetry > Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) > Siegfried Sassoon: Suicide in the Trenches. Siegfried Sassoon: Suicide in the Trenches. I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, And whistled early with the lark. In winter trenches.. The Full Text of "Suicide in the Trenches". 1 I knew a simple soldier boy. 2 Who grinned at life in empty joy, 3 Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, 4 And whistled early with the lark. 5 In winter trenches, cowed and glum, 6 With crumps and lice and lack of rum, 7 He put a bullet through his brain.
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Beginning with a description of a young and optimistic soldier, the speaker describes how he was worn down by the horrors of warfare. With the arrival of winter, life in the trenches became unbearable for the soldier. In response to the horrific conditions, he commits suicide. In the last stanza, the speaker addresses the smug, war-frenzied.. 1 contributor. "Suicide in the Trenches," by the English poet Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), is one of the many poems Sassoon composed in response to World War I. It reflects his own notable.
