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She was watching, fearfully, the effect on herself of the poetry of suffering; the words “no man’s land,” “star shells,” “Boche,” touched off in her images like those of poetry; no man’s land was the black and wasted desert between the living forces; star shells exploded in coloured lights, like fireworks, across her brain, drenched in reminiscence; Boche was fearful and gigantic, nothing human, a night figure; the tripping word “Gallipoli” was like a heroic dance. She was afraid because of the power of these words, which affected her so strongly, who had nothing to do with what they stood for.- Doris Lessing
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Categories: Poetry And Poets, Suffering, War