Title In the poem, “Repression of War Experience”, Siegfried Sasson tells a story of the stressors war has on a human mind for weeks or even years after the last shot has been fired. A mind state that many people to date are still able to unfortunately relate too. It’s the horrific sights, sounds, smells, and acts of war that scar the human mind and spirit. Once war has come to an end, and the acts of glory and duty fade into the distance, it’s those scars that can resurface into oozing wounds that haunt men. Sasson describes a teetering balance in the human mind of a soldier reminiscing on his previous battle experiences. Sasson states, “No, no, not that, - it’s bad to think of war / And it’s been proven that soldiers don’t go mad / Unless
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As Sasson described in the poem, he too was not impervious to the horrors war had imbedded in him. When he finds himself in this predicament, Sasson requests “I wish there’d be a thunder-storm tonight / With bucketsful of water to sluice the dark.” (37). Here, Sasson desires for a thunder storm to wash away his pains that are caused from his experiences of war. He is overcome with the scars of war that have generated to an oozing wound that torments his thoughts and ability to …show more content…
That he has broken free of the chains of war that lock him in this dysfunctional place. Unfortunately, you realize that short glimpse of tranquility Sasson has, is just another roller coaster ride of peace and the horrors of war that haunt him. As Sasson plunges back down into his dark place he seems to go even deeper than before. He writes “You’d never think there was a bloody war on!.. / O yes, you would…why, you can hear the guns.” (38). Unlike before where he realizes the situation he is in and how he can fight it; he seems to be completely engulfed in this nightmare. “Those whispering guns – O Christ, I want to go out / And screech at them to stop – I’m going crazy;” (38). It’s a heart breaking image Sasson paints. It’s an image that is the byproduct of how war can torment men years past the day when they hang up their uniform.
In the poem “Repression of War Experience”, Sasson describes the post-traumatic stress cause from his experience in war. Sasson writes of his post war stressors that readers of his day and to date are able to relate to and unfortunately deal with. Traumatic stress is imprinted not just on Sasson but anyone who has been to the breaking point of human spirit. Sassons words will continue to touch readers with similar experience for generations to come as long as war continues in our
As Sasson described in the poem, he too was not impervious to the horrors war had imbedded in him. When he finds himself in this predicament, Sasson requests “I wish there’d be a thunder-storm tonight / With bucketsful of water to sluice the dark.” (37). Here, Sasson desires for a thunder storm to wash away his pains that are caused from his experiences of war. He is overcome with the scars of war that have generated to an oozing wound that torments his thoughts and ability to …show more content…
That he has broken free of the chains of war that lock him in this dysfunctional place. Unfortunately, you realize that short glimpse of tranquility Sasson has, is just another roller coaster ride of peace and the horrors of war that haunt him. As Sasson plunges back down into his dark place he seems to go even deeper than before. He writes “You’d never think there was a bloody war on!.. / O yes, you would…why, you can hear the guns.” (38). Unlike before where he realizes the situation he is in and how he can fight it; he seems to be completely engulfed in this nightmare. “Those whispering guns – O Christ, I want to go out / And screech at them to stop – I’m going crazy;” (38). It’s a heart breaking image Sasson paints. It’s an image that is the byproduct of how war can torment men years past the day when they hang up their uniform.
In the poem “Repression of War Experience”, Sasson describes the post-traumatic stress cause from his experience in war. Sasson writes of his post war stressors that readers of his day and to date are able to relate to and unfortunately deal with. Traumatic stress is imprinted not just on Sasson but anyone who has been to the breaking point of human spirit. Sassons words will continue to touch readers with similar experience for generations to come as long as war continues in our