The Dug-Out / Butterflies

Item

Title

The Dug-Out / Butterflies

Identifier

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Creator

Sassoon, Siegfried (1886-1967)

Abstract

Manuscript of poems in ink with corrections, signed 'S. S.'. 'The Dug-Out' was initially composed at St Venant in July 1918. Both were published in 'Picture-Show' (1919). The 'Dug-Out' was based on how Siegfried Sassoon's fellow officer 'Jowett' looked while he was asleep.

Date

August 1918

Date Created

1918-08-01

Temporal Coverage

1918-08-31

Spatial Coverage

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Poem

Contributor

Alisa Miller