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Ther poetry of the second World War conveys the true feeling of those desolate and desperate days with an urgency and sense of truth that no other means of recording could emulate.

— Vernon Scannell

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I'm no novelist.Or anything else, I suppose, except, just possibly a poet, once in a while.

The best poetry of the second World war written by both British & American servicemen need not fear comparison with the generally more well highly regarded work of the 1914-18 poets.

The servicemen of the 1939 - 45 war could not be disillusioned because they held not illusions to start with, the most common mood found everywhere was one of dour resolution, skeptical, resigned.

The genuinely innovatory , the truly 'experiential' poetry is always firmly rooted in the achievement of the past.

In the excitement and rigours of the game or battle with words and shapes, self-interest is mislaid and objective truth may often be revealed.

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