The Chronicles of Conflict in The Great War

In this episode, Uncle Jerry and Angela tackle The Great War from 2022’s Midnights. Uncle Jerry wrestles with the idea of using a horrific event as a metaphor, and he teaches all about the many floral symbols used throughout the poem.

Works Cited:
The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady – Edith Holden – Aff Link (amzn.to/3SpO7HB)
The Great War and Modern Memory – Paul Fussell – Aff Link (amzn.to/4gAZRRv)
The Strange Destiny of Rupert Brooke Hardcover – John Lehmann (biblio.com/book/strange-destiny-rupert-brooke-…)
Siegfried Sassoon (poetryfoundation.org/poets/siegfried-sassoon)
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer: The Memoirs of George Sherston – Siegfried Sassoon – Aff Link (amzn.to/43PvPly)
Goodbye to All That – Robert Graves – Aff Link (amzn.to/43Qttmy)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) (imdb.com/title/tt0020629)
War Poems – Wilfred Owen – Aff Link (amzn.to/3QUwvTO)
Dulce et Decorum Est – Wilfred Owen (poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulce-et-deco…)
Poetry of the First World War: An Anthology – Tim Kendall – Aff Link (amzn.to/4p21n1v)
The Soldier – Rupert Brooke (poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/1307…)
In Flanders Fields – John McCrae (poetryfoundation.org/poems/47380/in-flanders-f…)
The History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion – Buck Private McCollum – Aff Link (amzn.to/43ULEr8)
Crimson & Clover – Tommy James and the Shondells (youtube.com/watch?v=XS0niyiKlcw&list=RDXS0…)
The Swiftie and The Scholar Grading Matrix (docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fnP9Eoffzj1LWv…)

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