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Historical Context in Suicide in the Trenches

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"In winter trenches, cowed and glum, With crumps and lice and lack of rum..."   (Text of the Poem)

This was the reality of life in WWI trenches in France: the sound of artillery shells being fired, lice all over a soldier's body, no comforts of home.

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