Peace

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"Peace" is a World War I sonnet by English poet Rupert Brooke that idealistically celebrates the spiritual cleansing and noble purpose found in going to war.

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Peace canonical 3

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instanceOf poem ⓘ
sonnet ⓘ
associatedWith pre-trench warfare enthusiasm ⓘ
author Rupert Brooke ⓘ
contrastsWith later disillusioned war poetry ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception often cited as example of early war idealism ⓘ
depictsWarAs noble purpose ⓘ
describesWarAs spiritually cleansing ⓘ
emphasizes escape from peacetime triviality ⓘ
gratitude for war ⓘ
firstLine Now, God be thanked Who has matched us with His hour ⓘ
form Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ
genre World War I poetry ⓘ
war poetry ⓘ
hasTheme heroic death ⓘ
purification through conflict ⓘ
rejection of materialism ⓘ
influencedBy Christian theology ⓘ
Edwardian patriotism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Georgian poetry ⓘ
mainSubject World War I ⓘ
idealism ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
spiritual cleansing ⓘ
war ⓘ
meter iambic pentameter ⓘ
partOf Rupert Brooke’s war sonnets ⓘ
linked to: Rupert Brooke
period early 20th century ⓘ
portraysSoldiersAs chosen by God ⓘ
positionInSequence first sonnet ⓘ
publicationCollection 1914 and Other Poems ⓘ
publicationYear 1915 ⓘ
publisher Sidgwick & Jackson ⓘ
religiousImagery Christian ⓘ
rhymeScheme ABBAABBA CDDCEE ⓘ
sequence 1914 (sonnet sequence) ⓘ
setting onset of World War I ⓘ
studiedIn British poetry curricula ⓘ
World War I literature courses ⓘ
tone idealistic ⓘ
patriotic ⓘ
religious ⓘ
writtenDuring World War I ⓘ

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