Isaac Rosenberg
Isaac Rosenberg
Isaac Rosenbergwas an English poet and artist. His Poems from the Trenches are recognized as some of the most outstanding poetry written during the First World War...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth25 November 1890
free gone loser quite true
It is true I have not been killed or crippled, been a loser in the stocks, or had to forswear my fatherland, but I have not quite gone free and have a right to say something.
bag candle inch letter lucky measure pitch punctual
It's really my being lucky enough to bag an inch of candle that incites me to this pitch of punctual epistolary. I must measure my letter by the light.