The Muse in Arms is an anthology of British war poetry published in November 1917 during World War I. It consists of 131 poems by 52 contributors, with the poems divided into fourteen thematic section
Cover from The Muse in Arms
Rupert Brooke: 'If I Should Die' 'Gifts of the Dead'
Gilbert Frankau: 'Eyes in the Air'
Siegfried Sassoon: 'Absolution' 'The Rear-Guard'
War poetry is poetry on the topic of war. While the term is applied especially to works of the First World War, the term can be applied to poetry about any war, including Homer's Iliad, from around th
The Muse in Arms
…The Muse in Arms is an anthology of British war poetry published in November 1917 during World War I. It consists of 131 poems by 52 contributors, with the poems divided into fourteen thematic sections. The…
Siegfried Sassoon, a British war poet famous for his poetry written during the First World War.
Ottoman miniature showing the Siege of Szigetvár.
Charles Stuart, romantic icon; from A History of Scotland for Boys and Girls by H. E. Marshall, published 1906
Commemorative stamp of American poet Walt Whitman in 1940