Alan Seeger 【Chrome】

Full collections are available in the public domain via the Poetry Foundation and Project Gutenberg . A Message to America, by Alan Seeger - English Verse

: Highlights the contrast between the French countryside and front-line intensity. alan seeger

: Expresses frustration with American neutrality. Full collections are available in the public domain

The full text of this renowned, haunting poem can be found in source. It reflects his fatalistic yet courageous outlook, written shortly before his death in 1916. Other Notable Works The full text of this renowned, haunting poem

Seeger's work often focused on his experiences in the French Foreign Legion and his romanticized views of war:

: Honors Americans fighting for France before the U.S. entered WWI.

The most requested text by , an American war poet, is his famous 1916 poem, " I Have a Rendezvous with Death ." Seeger wrote it shortly before he was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme . I Have a Rendezvous with Death