{"id":486,"date":"2010-05-23T03:10:42","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T03:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=486"},"modified":"2010-05-23T03:10:54","modified_gmt":"2010-05-23T03:10:54","slug":"how-to-die-by-siegfried-sassoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/how-to-die-by-siegfried-sassoon\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO DIE by Siegfried Sassoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-284\" style=\"width: 202px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sassoon.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-284 lazyload\" title=\"sassoon\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sassoon-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sassoon-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sassoon.jpg 295w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 202px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 202\/300;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>HOW TO DIE by Siegfried Sassoon<\/p>\n<p>Dark clouds are smouldering into red<br \/>\nWhile down the craters morning burns.<br \/>\nThe dying soldier shifts his head<br \/>\nTo watch the glory that returns:<br \/>\nHe lifts his fingers toward the skies<br \/>\nWhere holy brightness breaks in flame;<br \/>\nRadiance reflected in his eyes,<br \/>\nAnd on his lips a whispered name.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d think, to hear some people talk,<br \/>\nThat lads go West with sobs and curses,<br \/>\nAnd sullen faces white as chalk,<br \/>\nHankering for wreaths and tombs and hearses.<br \/>\nBut they&#8217;ve been taught the way to do it<br \/>\nLike Christian soldiers; not with haste<br \/>\nAnd shuddering groans; but passing through it<br \/>\nWith due regard for decent taste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1900s","category-sassoon"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}