How Does Sassoon Do A Better Job

In recent discussions of World War I poems, a controversial issue has been whether Siegfried Sassoon or Wilfred Owen did a better job of getting their points across. On one hand, some argue that Owen did a better job because he wasn’t as angry. Since Owen did not show his anger as much it helped visualize his writings better. On the other hand, however, others argue that Sassoon did a better job because he did not use complex writing styles. In sum, the issue is whether Sassoon did a better job or if Owen knocked it out of the park. Yes, they had one similarity and that was that they were both unhappy with the war. Even though they were both unhappy they wrote about totally different things. My own view is that Siegfried Sassoon was easier to relate with, he did a better job of getting his point across. Owen uses a more complex word choice than Sassoon. When reading Sassoon’s work it is easier to develop an idea of what is going on quicker than it is with Owen. In Sassoon’s
He does not address how it is affecting anyone other than the person who is actually fighting. He was only trying to show that the people fighting were not being treated fairly and the struggles they had to go through. He was more sympathetic and caring. In his poem “Anthem for Doomed Youth” he mentions the things that we would respectfully do when someone has died like have a candle light visual or bring flowers to the grave “What candles may be held to speed them all? Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds” (9, 13). In his poetry he mentions it to let it be known that on the battle field they didn’t get all of the respect that they should have. He also talks about things that happened on the battle field in his poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est” he tells how they had to run from gas “Gas! Gas! Quick boys!” (11), this was giving detail into the things they had to deal with on a daily basis while in war