Analysis of Glory of Women
Siegfried Sassoon 1886 (Matfield) – 1967 (Heytesbury)
You love us when we're heroes, home on leave,
Or wounded in a mentionable place.
You worship decorations; you believe
That chivalry redeems the war's disgrace.
You make us shells. You listen with delight,
By tales of dirt and danger fondly thrilled.
You crown our distant ardours while we fight,
And mourn our laurelled memories when we're killed.
You can't believe that British troops 'retire'
When hell's last horror breaks them, and they run,
Trampling the terrible corpses--blind with blood.
O German mother dreaming by the fire,
While you are knitting socks to send your son
His face is trodden deeper in the mud.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110111 1100011 110010101 1100010101 1111110101 1111010101 1110101111 01101100111 1101110101 1111011011 10010010111 11010101010 1111011111 1111010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 626 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 491 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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