Siegfried Sassoon is a much admired writer of war poetry, and in his work, “Base Details” we have plenty justification for that admiration. This poem takes the often glorified image of the Majors from World War 1 and strips them bare showing them for their true selves, sending out to us the feeling he has of these Majors being worthy of none of the respect they have ever received. He skilfully uses the powerful medium that …showed first 75 words of 942 total…

…showed last 75 words of 942 total…last lines perhaps showed the greatest wrong of the war, in that justice wasn’t done here. However it is also a bitingly critical look at the whole First World War, showing the major faults and flaws of these normally unquestioned officers, shattering their noble image with the powerful use of satire. Sassoon has created a magnificent work here, and I found it extremely persuasive, totally agreeing with his viewpoint. Word Count: 950 Time: 1hour, 30 minutes