Glory of Women

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"Glory of Women" is a World War I poem by Siegfried Sassoon that bitterly criticizes the romanticized, patriotic attitudes of women toward soldiers and war.

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Glory of Women canonical 1
The Glory of Women 1

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instanceOf World War I poem
poem
author Siegfried Sassoon NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticizes distance between civilian perception and combat reality
patriotic idealization of war
romanticized attitudes toward soldiers
women on the home front who glorify war
depicts physical and psychological suffering of soldiers
genre anti-war poetry
war poetry
hasPerspective front-line soldier’s viewpoint
hasSubject British women’s attitudes to war
German soldiers
historicalContext World War I NERFINISHED
language English
literaryForm lyric poem
literaryMovement World War I literature
literaryTechnique contrast between home front and battlefield
irony
satire
vivid imagery
mainTheme critique of women’s romanticized view of war
disillusionment with war
gender roles in wartime
home front versus front-line experience
patriotism and propaganda
suffering of soldiers
partOf Siegfried Sassoon’s war poetry
periodOfComposition during World War I
tone bitter
ironic
sarcastic

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Counter-Attack and Other Poems hasPoem Glory of Women
Counter-Attack and Other Poems hasPoem Glory of Women
this entity surface form: The Glory of Women