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Dreamers

Dreamers. By Siegfried Sassoon. S oldiers are citizens of death’s grey land, Drawing no dividend from time’s to-morrows. In the great hour of destiny they stand, Each with his feuds, and jealousies, and sorrows . S oldiers are sworn to action; they must win

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Dreamers

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  1. Dreamers By Siegfried Sassoon

  2. Soldiers are citizens of death’s grey land, Drawing no dividend from time’s to-morrows.

  3. In the great hour of destiny they stand, Each with his feuds, and jealousies, and sorrows.

  4. Soldiers are sworn to action; they must win Some flaming, fatal climax with their lives.

  5. Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin They think of firelit homes, clean beds and wives.

  6. I see them in foul dug-outs,gnawedby rats, And in the ruined trenches, lashed with rain,

  7. Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats, And mocked by hopeless longing to regain

  8. Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats, And going to the office in the train.

  9. I chose Bodoni MT as the font choice for my poem because Dreamers by Siegfried Sassoon is somewhat depressing and sorrowful. This font is simple, but isn’t very exciting. The word soldiers in the poem is a bit bigger and bolder than the rest because it is the main subject of this poem. The word grey is the color grey, of course. The word sorrows is dark blue with a plain font because sorrow is similar to sad, which reminds me of the color blue. Flaming is a reddish-orange color font that is thicker and reminds me of an actual flame. The word dreamers and dreaming are both a light blue color font that is a little fancier. It reminds me of clouds. Gnawed is darker brown color and is ragged looking. When I hear the word gnaw, it reminds me of wood, which is a brown color. The word mocked is bold because it is the main word that pops out to me when I read this. All of the illustrations on the slides represent one or two of the words incorporated in the lines. The first slide has a wide open green field and a bright blue sky which is what I find as a perfect scene in any dream. The third slide shows two soldiers standing on a hill with a brilliant sky behind them. This reminds me of the word destiny. The rest are pretty explanatory. Around half of the pictures are in black and white or another type of black and white photograph. This poem was made in the early 1900s, and there wasn’t colored pictures back then. Many of the pictures are also very gloomy and sad, which represents the sorrowful mood of this poem.

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