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    A British soldier committed suicide in the trenches of World War I due to the miserable conditions of warfare. He faced cold, vermin, lack of supplies, and the constant threat of bombardment while cut off from normal life. The poem criticizes those on the home front who support the war without understanding the psychological and physical toll on young soldiers in the trenches.

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    A British soldier committed suicide in the trenches of World War I due to the miserable conditions of warfare. He faced cold, vermin, lack of supplies, and the constant threat of bombardment while cut off from normal life. The poem criticizes those on the home front who support the war without understanding the psychological and physical toll on young soldiers in the trenches.

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    SUICIDE IN THE TRENCHES

    I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, And whistled early with the lark. In winter trenches, cowed and glum, With crumps and lice and lack of rum, He put a bullet through his brain. No one spoke of him again. You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth and laughter go.

    Siegfried Sassoon

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