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A Long and Illustrious History

Which two British poets wrote about their experiences in the First World War?

AWilliam Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
BWilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon
CJohn Keats and Percy Shelley
DLord Byron and Alfred Lord Tennyson

Explanation

Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon were both British soldiers who wrote poetry about the horrors of the First World War. Their poems remain some of the most powerful anti-war literature.

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