Glory of Women

Glory of Women

Glory of Women is an analytical poem that was written by anti-war poet Siegfried Sassoon describing the role of women during World War One. However, the poem is a sarcastic antiwar poem than a recognition of women’s contribution to the war. It started a series of anti-women poetry written in that era (Means 253). The proposal will focus on the style of writing, summary, and components of the poem. Glory of women is a backward analogy of art utilizing poetry to provide criticism without evoking the direct use of violent diction.

The poem is a sonnet composed of flowing lines. The author utilizes an asymmetrical system of wording with a variation in the number of words per sentence. Sassoon’s use of imagination is epic and tantalizing with the effective use of symbolism to signify criticism (Miller 9). Besides, the title of the poem is ironic to the actual meaning of the poem.

The poem criticizes British women over their celebration of the men returning in victory from war and their loved ones. The author argues that the blunts of the scars resulting from the war live forever in the memories of the afflicted (Difference at War: Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg, U. Z. Grinberg, and Poetry of the First World War). Besides, the author has a high dislike of the British soldier’s disregard of dead soldiers, where they trample over them without regard for their actions.

Glory of Women is an artistic representation. The author is keen on not supporting or condemning the Germans or the British. The irony of the use of the sonnet style is that sonnets were used in love and romance poems, while the poem is full of violence. The stylistic use of the poem, structure, and writing style as a symbol is appalling and a sign of great strategy.  As such, Glory of women is a backward analogy of art using poetry to pass criticism without the direct use of violence-related diction.

Works Cited

“Difference at War: Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg, U. Z. Grinberg, and Poetry of the First World War.” Shofar 21.1 (2002): 25-43. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42944017.

Means, Robert S. “Try To Be As Brave: Cross-Continental Comparisons of Great War Poetry.” Utah Historical Quarterly 86.3 (2017): 234-253.

Miller, Alisa. “Rupert Brooke, Poetry and Art in World War.” Clemson University Press, 2018: 1-75. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1ps3279.