Blighters

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"Blighters" is a World War I–era poem by Siegfried Sassoon that bitterly criticizes complacent civilians and politicians who support the war from a safe distance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literaryWork ⓘ
poem ⓘ
associatedWith Siegfried Sassoon's anti-war stance ⓘ
author Siegfried Sassoon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizes complacent civilians ⓘ
home-front jingoism ⓘ
politicians who support the war ⓘ
depicts contrast between soldiers' suffering and civilian entertainment ⓘ
expresses anger at those removed from the realities of war ⓘ
form lyric poem ⓘ
genre anti-war poetry ⓘ
war poetry ⓘ
hasAuthor Siegfried Sassoon ⓘ
hasPerspective front-line soldier ⓘ
hasSubject World War I ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement war poets ⓘ
literaryPeriod World War I literature ⓘ
mainTheme criticism of complacent civilians ⓘ
criticism of politicians who support war ⓘ
distance between front-line soldiers and civilians ⓘ
home front attitudes during World War I ⓘ
hypocrisy of those who support war from safety ⓘ
partOf Siegfried Sassoon's World War I poetry ⓘ
publicationEra 1910s ⓘ
setting World War I ⓘ
tone bitter ⓘ
satirical ⓘ

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