▁to ▁the ▁British ▁Army . ▁Of ▁the ▁seven ▁subsequently ▁executed ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁R ising , ▁Thomas ▁Mac Don agh , ▁Patrick ▁Pear se ▁and ▁Joseph ▁Pl unk ett ▁are ▁po ets ▁and ▁James ▁Con n olly ▁a ▁bal lade er ▁and ▁play w right . ▁The ▁events ▁are ▁the ▁theme ▁of ▁W . ▁B . ▁Ye ats ' ▁poem ▁" E aster , ▁ 1 9 1 6 ", ▁first ▁published ▁this ▁September . ▁May ▁ 1 6 ▁– ▁N ats ume ▁S ō se ki ' s ▁novel ▁Light ▁and ▁Dark ness ▁( 明 <0xE6> <0x9A> <0x97> , ▁Me i ▁An ) ▁begins ▁to ▁be ▁serial ized ▁in ▁the ▁Tokyo ▁and ▁Os aka ▁ed itions ▁of ▁the ▁newspaper ▁As ah i ▁Sh imb un , ▁but ▁will ▁remain ▁un fin ished ▁at ▁the ▁author ' s ▁death ▁on ▁December ▁ 9 , ▁aged ▁ 4 9 . ▁July ▁ 1 ▁Po ets ▁W . ▁N . ▁H od g son , ▁Will ▁Stre ets , ▁Gilbert ▁Water house , ▁Henry ▁Field , ▁Alfred ▁Rat cl iffe , ▁Alexander ▁Robert son ▁and ▁Bernard ▁White ▁are ▁among ▁ 1 9 , 0 0 0 ▁British ▁soldiers ▁killed ▁on ▁the ▁First ▁day ▁on ▁the ▁Som me ▁alone . ▁The ▁Battle ▁of ▁the ▁Som me ▁continues ▁until ▁October ▁ 1 8 , ▁during ▁which ▁time ▁American ▁poet ▁Alan ▁Se eg er ▁( ser ving ▁with ▁the ▁French ), ▁Irish ▁writer ▁Tom ▁K ett le , ▁English ▁poet ▁Edward ▁Wy nd ham ▁T enn ant ,