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Sassoon's bravery was inspiring to the extent that soldiers of his company said that they felt confident only when they were accompanied by him. He later won acclaim for his prose work notably his three-volume fictionalised autobiography collectively known as the "Sherston Trilogy". At Craiglockhart Sassoon met Wilfred Owen a fellow poet who would eventually exceed him in fame.
He later won acclaim for his prose work notably his three-volume fictionalised autobiography collectively known as the "Sherston Trilogy". His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who in Sassoon's view were responsible for a vainglorious war.
