Sassoon's The One-Legged Man: life through death and destruction.(Siegfried Sassoon)(Critical essay)

The Explicator | January 1, 2008| | Copyright

"Thank God they had to amputate!" (12): The final thought of Siegfried Sassoon's "The One-Legged Man" (1918) speaks eerily to the relief that Sassoon's soldier feels after having been both literally and figuratively cut off from the cruel and enduring duties of military service during World War I. Intriguingly, this theme of amputation pervades Sassoon's poem and illustrates, through juxtaposition, the interdependence of rampant death and flourishing life.

"The One-Legged Man" has received scant critical attention. Perhaps this poem proves uninteresting to critics ...

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