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Direct result of the general’s battle plans
- One of the soldiers, Harry, says to another, Jack, that the general is surprisingly cheery given that he is marching his men into the fray. The poem ends with Sassoon telling us that both Harry and Jack were killed at Arras (a city in northern France) as a direct result of the general’s battle plans.
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May 13, 2011 · ‘Good-morning; good-morning!’ the General said When we met him last week on our way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of ’em dead, And we’re cursing his staff for incompetent swine. ‘He’s a cheery old card,’ grunted Harry to Jack As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack.. . . .
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“The General,” by the English poet Sigfried Sassoon (1886-1967), is one of many of this poet’s works prompted by World War I. Sassoon was a war hero who eventually became an outspoken opponent of...
Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of 'em dead, And we're cursing his staff for incompetent swine. “He's a cheery old card,” grunted Harry to Jack. As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack. But he did for them both by his plan of attack. More About This Poem. Poems & Poets.
When we met him last week on our way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of ’em dead, And we’re cursing his staff for incompetent swine. ‘He’s a cheery old card,’ grunted Harry to Jack. As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack. But he did for them both by his plan of attack.
‘Good-morning; good-morning!’ the General said When we met him last week on our way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of ’em dead, And we’re cursing his staff for incompetent swine. ‘He’s a cheery old card,’ grunted Harry to Jack As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack.
When we met him last week on our way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of ’em dead, And we’re cursing his staff for incompetent swine. ‘He’s a cheery old card,’ grunted Harry to Jack. As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack. …. But he did for them both by his plan of attack.
