Peace

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"Peace" is a World War I sonnet by English poet Rupert Brooke that idealistically celebrates the spiritual cleansing and noble purpose found in going to war.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poem
sonnet
associatedWith pre-trench warfare enthusiasm
author Rupert Brooke
contrastsWith later disillusioned war poetry
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception often cited as example of early war idealism
depictsWarAs noble purpose
describesWarAs spiritually cleansing
emphasizes escape from peacetime triviality
gratitude for war
firstLine Now, God be thanked Who has matched us with His hour
form Petrarchan sonnet
genre World War I poetry
war poetry
hasTheme heroic death
purification through conflict
rejection of materialism
influencedBy Christian theology
Edwardian patriotism
language English
literaryMovement Georgian poetry
mainSubject World War I
idealism
patriotism
sacrifice
spiritual cleansing
war
meter iambic pentameter
partOf Rupert Brooke
surface form: Rupert Brooke’s war sonnets
period early 20th century
portraysSoldiersAs chosen by God
positionInSequence first sonnet
publicationCollection 1914 and Other Poems
publicationYear 1915
publisher Sidgwick & Jackson
religiousImagery Christian
rhymeScheme ABBAABBA CDDCEE
sequence 1914 and Other Poems
surface form: 1914 (sonnet sequence)
setting onset of World War I
studiedIn British poetry curricula
World War I literature courses
tone idealistic
patriotic
religious
writtenDuring World War I

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