A close reading of a poem

Running Head : Close Reading

Close Reading on the Poem entitled Glory of Women

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Siegfried Sassoon 's poem entitled Glory of Women ' is taken place during the period of war between men and women 's debate towards equality . Your crown our distant ardours while we fight / and mourn our laurelled memories when we were killed (Sassoon 7-8 ' This part of the poem described how women suffered from the battle that only men are given consideration . Life is always unfair into the hands of women in

the society . Much attention is given to men rather than women . Men are happier if they saw their partners in their home rather than working outside but this is not women wants to do . Like men , they do not want to be isolated in a norm that they could not live a proper way of life Therefore , it can be said that womanhood is a struggle of life because it gives us the connotation of weakness and social inequality even if women strive for freedom and social justice

The poem is a free verse . It shows the portrayal of women during the period of war . The poem is in deep tragic that evolves into greater sense of understanding towards the issues and context of womanhood . As the poem went on , it gives certain ideas on how women struggle to obtain freedom and to help fight for what they think is right . You loved us when we 're heroes , home on leave / or...