Question

“Wirers” by Siegfried Sassoon is about
A. men who strung barbed-wire fences on the battlefield.

B. demolition experts working behind the lines.

C. the contribution of scientists to munitions work.

D. bomb-disposal crews defusing unexploded bombs.

Answer 1

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Wirers

‘Pass it along, the wiring party’s going out’—
And yawning sentries mumble, ‘Wirers going out.’
Unravelling; twisting; hammering stakes with muffled thud,
They toil with stealthy haste and anger in their blood.

The Boche sends up a flare. Black forms stand rigid there,
Stock-still like posts; then darkness, and the clumsy ghosts
Stride hither and thither, whispering, tripped by clutching snare
Of snags and tangles.
Ghastly dawn with vaporous coasts
Gleams desolate along the sky, night’s misery ended.

Young Hughes was badly hit; I heard him carried away,
Moaning at every lurch; no doubt he’ll die to-day.
But we can say the front-line wire’s been safely mended.

Answer 2

please help im awful with poems if anyone could help me translate it to where i could understand it that would be really helpful. thanks in advance. i may not reply back quickly but i will eventually reply.

Answer 3

what sort of help you needed...?

Answer 4

i dont understand how to 'understand' the meaning of the poem. like i can read it and have no idea whats going on.