A fine, outspoken address to Georges Clemenceau, the French Premier in World War I.
The dead soldiers chide him for living on to old age, while they did not. There is a nod to Woodrow Wilson, The US President in the same war, who drew up the Fourteen Points at the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
'We don't say it was wrong./ We don't say it was right'. Elegant contrast, which I like. A great poem, I think.
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A fine, outspoken address to Georges Clemenceau, the French Premier in World War I. The dead soldiers chide him for living on to old age, while they did not. There is a nod to Woodrow Wilson, The US President in the same war, who drew up the Fourteen Points at the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. 'We don't say it was wrong./ We don't say it was right'. Elegant contrast, which I like. A great poem, I think.