Atrocities

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"Atrocities" is a poem featured in Siegfried Sassoon’s World War I collection *Counter-Attack and Other Poems*, reflecting his stark, critical portrayal of the horrors of war.

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instanceOf poem
author Siegfried Sassoon NERFINISHED
collectionPosition included in Counter-Attack and Other Poems
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
createdBy Siegfried Sassoon NERFINISHED
criticizes complacency about wartime violence
romanticized views of war
depicts contrast between front-line experience and home-front attitudes
firstPublishedIn Counter-Attack and Other Poems NERFINISHED
form lyric poem
genre war poetry
hasAuthorialPerspective combat veteran
hasTheme disillusionment with war propaganda
moral outrage at war crimes
historicalContext Western Front in World War I NERFINISHED
includedIn Siegfried Sassoon’s war poems corpus NERFINISHED
language English
literaryMovement anti-war literature
literaryPeriod World War I literature
meter irregular meter
publicationYear 1918
publisher William Heinemann NERFINISHED
rhymeScheme irregular rhyme
subjectMatter World War I NERFINISHED
critique of military leadership
horrors of war
soldiers’ suffering
war atrocities
tone bitter
critical
satirical

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