Zero

Item

Identifier

9395.cpd

Creator

Blunden, Edmund (1896-1974)

Abstract

Manuscript in red and black ink in Edmund Blunden's hand. Published in 'Masks of Time' (1925) and 'Undertones of War' (1928). 'Zero' is F. W. Worley's expression, and appears again in 'Come On, My Lucky Lads'. Describes the first moments of the attack on Hamel, 3 September 1916.

Date

September 1916 to June 1924

Date Created

1916-09-04

Temporal Coverage

1924-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Poem

number of pages

2

Contributor

Alisa Miller