The Troops

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"The Troops" is a World War I poem by Siegfried Sassoon that bitterly portrays the physical and psychological devastation of soldiers returning from the front.

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instanceOf World War I poem
poem
author Siegfried Sassoon NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticizes patriotic propaganda
romanticized views of war
depicts World War I soldiers
physical devastation of soldiers
psychological devastation of soldiers
form lyric poem
genre anti-war poetry
war poetry
hasAuthorNationality British
language English
literaryDevice alliteration
enjambment
imagery
irony
symbolism
literaryMovement World War I poetry movement
meter accentual-syllabic verse
movement anti-war literature
period World War I NERFINISHED
perspective soldier’s perspective
portrays disfigured bodies
exhaustion of soldiers
loss of hope
mental breakdown
publicationCentury 20th century
relatedAuthor Rupert Brooke NERFINISHED
Wilfred Owen NERFINISHED
relatedTheme post-traumatic stress
shell shock
relatedWork Counter-Attack and Other Poems NERFINISHED
rhymeScheme regular rhyme scheme
subjectMatter soldiers returning from the front
theme disillusionment with war
horror of trench warfare
loss of youth
suffering of soldiers
trauma of war
tone angry
bitter
bleak

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