GATE 2026 XH2 (English) – Question 33

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · English Literary Traditions across Time: Chaucer to contemporary English literature · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Which one of the following war poets did not die in action during World War I?

Edward Thomas
Isaac Rosenberg
Siegfried Sassoon
Wilfred Owen

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Correct answer: (C) Siegfried Sassoon

Explanation

Edward Thomas (1917), Isaac Rosenberg (1918) and Wilfred Owen (1918) were all killed in the war. Siegfried Sassoon survived it and lived until 1967.