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.
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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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