Isaac Rosenberg was an English war poet. He was twenty-eight when he died and is usually considered to be a minor poet. Since his life was cut short, some speculate that he would’ve developed into an incredibly skilled writer. Poems from the Trenches includes his best-known work.
‘Break of Day in the Trenches’ by Isaac Rosenberg delves into the desolate feelings of alienation from the “other” that impacted soldiers in Word War I.
The darkness crumbles away. It is the same old druid Time as ever, Only a live thing leaps my hand, A queer sardonic rat,
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