History & Politics
The Tank
From The Laughing Willow (1918)
History & Politics
The Tank’s a kind of cross between
An Agricultural Machine
And something fierce and Pliocene;
Over embankments, trees, and walls,
Trenches, barbed-wire, and forts it crawls;
Nothing can stay its course—the Tank
Has not the least respect for Rank
Or File; with equal joy it squashes
All things alike, men, beasts, and—Boches.
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MLA
Herford, Oliver. “The Tank.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herford/164/.
Chicago
Herford, Oliver. “The Tank.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herford/164/.
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