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
simple looks way
I cant look at things in the simple, large way that great poets do.
beating caught choked crying dark far hands hearing intelligence lies living reach soul stretched suspense weak wheels word
Here lies one not long dead; His dark hearing caught our far wheels, and the choked soul stretched weak hands To reach the living word the far wheels said, The blood-dazed intelligence beating for light, Crying through the suspense of the far torturi
channel crippled directed energies english-poet helpless nature
Being by the nature of my upbringing, all my energies having been directed to one channel of activity, crippled from other activities and made helpless even to live.
circumstance education english-poet
You mustn't forget the circumstances I have been brought up in, the little education I have had.
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.
couple keats knew poetry till
I don't think I knew what real poetry was till I read Keats a couple of years ago.
way my-way
Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way
time growth decay
Earth has waited for them, All the time of their growth Fretting for their decay: Now she has them at last.
littles forget circumstances
You mustnt forget the circumstances I have been brought up in, the little education I have had.
song writing thinking
I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can think of nothing noble and weighty enough
real fate important
I can only say that one's individual situation is more real and important to oneself than the devastations of fates and empires especially when they do not vitally affect oneself
patriotic army reason
I never joined the army for patriotic reasons.
appreciation bursting
Poetical appreciation is only newly bursting on me.